| Web page of the course on ELMS/Canvas | |
| Login site: | http://elms.umd.edu/ |
| Instructions: |
- Log in using your UMD Directory ID. If you are registered for the course,
you will see the course Web space after login. - Homework will be delivered online through this Web site, and your scores will be posted there. - Course announcements will be posted on this Web site, so you should check it regularly. |
| Outside link: | https://myelms.umd.edu/courses/1133297 |
| Course Information | |
| Course title: | Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics |
| Course number: | PHYS 625, 3 credits |
| Course discipline: | Physics |
| Course description: | Non-relativistic second quantization, single particle Green's function, perturbation theory, linked cluster expansion, Feynman diagrams; applications to imperfect Fermi gases; superconductivity. |
| Course dates: | Monday, January 26, 2015 through Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
| Location: | Room 1219, Physics Building |
| Meeting day and time: | Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 - 9:50 am |
| Prerequisite(s): | Prerequisites: PHYS 623 |
| Instructor | |
| Name: | Victor M. Yakovenko, Professor of Physics |
| E-mail: | yakovenk (at) physics (dot) umd (dot) edu |
| Office location: | Room 2115 at Physics Building |
| Office hours: | Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10 - 11 am |
| Office phone: | 301-405-6151 |
| Web page: | http://physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk |
| Teaching Assistant | |
| Name: | Kanupriya (Kanu) Sinha |
| E-mail: | kanu (a) umd (dot) edu |
| Office location: | Room 3264 at Physical Sciences Complex (PSC) |
| Office hours: | By appointment |
| Office phone: | 301-405-3469 |
| Textbooks | |
| Required reading: |
Radi A. Jishi
Feynman Diagram Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN 9781107655331, 416 pages, http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/condensed-matter-physics-nanoscience-and-mesoscopic-physics/feynman-diagram-techniques-condensed-matter-physics |
| Recommended reading: |
Henrik Bruus and Karsten Flensberg
Many-Body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics Oxford University Press (Oxford Graduate Texts), 2004, ISBN 9780198566335, 466 pages, http://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780198566335 |
| Recommended reading: |
Alexander L. Fetter and John Dirk Walecka
Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems Dover, 2003, ISBN 978-0486428277, paperback, 640 pages, http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Theory-Many-Particle-Systems-Physics/dp/0486428273 |
| Recommended reading: |
Gerald D. Mahan, Many-Particle Physics Springer, 3rd edition, 2000, ISBN 978-0306463389, 785 pages, http://www.amazon.com/Many-Particle-Physics-Solids-Liquids/dp/0306463385 http://www.springer.com/materials/book/978-0-306-46338-9 |
| Recommended reading: |
Alexander Altland and Ben D. Simons, Condensed Matter Field Theory Cambridge University Press, 2rd edition, 2010, ISBN 9780521769754, 783 pages, http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/condensed-matter-physics-nanoscience-and-mesoscopic-physics/condensed-matter-field-theory-2nd-edition |
| Honorable mention: |
Leonid S. Levitov (MIT) and A. V. Shytov
Green's functions: problems and solutions in Russian only, 2008, ISBN 978-5-9221-0098-4, 392 pages, http://www.mit.edu/~levitov/book/ |
| Homework, Exams, and Grades | |
| Homework: | Homework assignments will be posted on ELMS weekly and will be due in one week. Homework must be uploaded online through ELMS in PDF format. Submissions on paper will not be accepted. Homework scores will be kept on ELMS online. Solutions will be posted on ELMS. Late homework cannot be accepted after solution has been posted. |
| Exams: | The final exam will be a take-home exam, due on Monday, May 18, 2015 by 10 am. |
| Grades: | The final grade will be based on your scores for homework and the final exam counted together. |
| Code of Academic Integrity | |
| Student Honor Council: | The University of Maryland, College Park has a nationally recognized Code of Academic Integrity, administered by the Student Honor Council. This Code sets standards for academic integrity at Maryland for all undergraduate and graduate students. As a student you are responsible for upholding these standards for this course. It is very important for you to be aware of the consequences of cheating, fabrication, facilitation, and plagiarism. For more information on the Code of Academic Integrity or the Student Honor Council, please visit http://shc.umd.edu/. |