Spring 2024
PHYSICS 240B 001 - LEC 001
Quantum Theory of Solids
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
14
Enrolled: 16
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Other classes by Ehud Altman
Course Catalog Description
Optical properties, excitons; electron-phonon interactions, polarons; quantum oscillations, Fermi surfaces; magnetoresistance; quantum Hall effect; transport processes, Boltzmann equation; superconductivity, BCS theory; many-body perturbation theory, Green's functions.
Class Description
The course will cover central topics in quantum condensed matter physics, including semiclassical and quantum transport, effects of electron-electron interactions, optical response and quantum magnetism
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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