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* proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density | * proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density operator, | ||
* equilibrium quantum partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions, | * equilibrium quantum partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions, | ||
* phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems), | * phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems), | ||
Revision as of 10:51, 3 February 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 and classical linear response theory,
- interacting many-body quantum systems (with emphasis on superfluidity and superconductivity),
- introduction to quantum phase transitions in contemporary research.