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* 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 and renormalization group methods,
* quantum phase transitions in contemporary research,
* quantum and classical linear response theory,
* quantum and classical linear response theory,
* interacting many-body quantum systems (with emphasis on superfluidity and superconductivity),
* interacting many-body quantum systems (with emphasis on superfluidity and superconductivity).
* introduction to quantum phase transitions in contemporary research.

Revision as of 09:59, 23 May 2011

  • proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density operator,
  • equilibrium quantum partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
  • phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),
  • mean field theory and renormalization group methods,
  • quantum phase transitions in contemporary research,
  • quantum and classical linear response theory,
  • interacting many-body quantum systems (with emphasis on superfluidity and superconductivity).