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* proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density matrix,
* proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density operator,
* equilibrium quantum partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
* entanglement and decoherence in quantum mechanics,
* equilibrium partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
* electrons in solids,
* stellar astrophysics,
* Bose-Einstein condensation in cold atomic gases,
* phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),
* phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),
* mean field theory and renormalization group methods,
* mean field theory vs. renormalization group methods,
* quantum and classical linear response theory,
* quantum phase transitions,
* interacting many-body quantum systems (with emphasis on superfluidity and superconductivity).
* elements of nonequilibrium statistical physics: Boltzmann equation, Kubo formula and quantum master equations.

Latest revision as of 12:23, 27 February 2018

  • proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density operator,
  • entanglement and decoherence in quantum mechanics,
  • equilibrium partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
  • electrons in solids,
  • stellar astrophysics,
  • Bose-Einstein condensation in cold atomic gases,
  • phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),
  • mean field theory vs. renormalization group methods,
  • quantum phase transitions,
  • elements of nonequilibrium statistical physics: Boltzmann equation, Kubo formula and quantum master equations.