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== Lecture 1: Second quantization for harmonic oscillator ==
== Lecture 1: Second quantization formalism for harmonic oscillator ==
* Example: Coherent states
* Example: Coherent states
* Example: Phonons in solids
* Example: Phonons in solids


== Lecture 2: Second quantization for bosons ==
== Lecture 2: Second quantization formalism for bosons ==
* Example: Magnons in magnetic materials.
* Example: Magnons in magnetic materials.
* Example: Bogoliubov theory of superfluids.
* Example: Bogoliubov theory of superfluids.


== Lecture 3: Second quantization for fermions ==  
== Lecture 3: Second quantization formalism for fermions ==  
* Example: Hubbard clusters.
* Example: Hubbard clusters.
* Example: Hartree-Fock theory of electrons in metals.
* Example: Hartree-Fock theory of electrons in metals.
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== Lecture 4: Time-dependent perturbation theory ==
== Lecture 4: Time-dependent perturbation theory ==
* Example: Wave functions of 3 fermions and 3 bosons.
* Example: Dyson vs. Magnus expansion.
* Example: Driven harmonic oscillator.
 
===Additional references===
S. Blanes, F. Casas, J. A. Oteo and J. Ros, ''A pedagogical approach to the Magnus expansion'', Eur. J. Phys. '''31''', 907 (2010). [http://personales.upv.es/serblaza/2010EJP.pdf [PDF]]


== Lecture 5: Floquet theory of periodically driven quantum systems ==
== Lecture 5: Floquet theory of periodically driven quantum systems ==


== Lecture 6:
== Lecture 6:

Revision as of 15:10, 2 August 2019

Lecture 1: Second quantization formalism for harmonic oscillator

  • Example: Coherent states
  • Example: Phonons in solids

Lecture 2: Second quantization formalism for bosons

  • Example: Magnons in magnetic materials.
  • Example: Bogoliubov theory of superfluids.

Lecture 3: Second quantization formalism for fermions

  • Example: Hubbard clusters.
  • Example: Hartree-Fock theory of electrons in metals.
  • Example: BCS theory of superconductivity.

Lecture 4: Time-dependent perturbation theory

  • Example: Dyson vs. Magnus expansion.
  • Example: Driven harmonic oscillator.

Additional references

S. Blanes, F. Casas, J. A. Oteo and J. Ros, A pedagogical approach to the Magnus expansion, Eur. J. Phys. 31, 907 (2010). [PDF]

Lecture 5: Floquet theory of periodically driven quantum systems

== Lecture 6: