| Course Description : | Second Quantization: Schrödinger’s Equation, Fields, The Degenerate Electron Gas; Ground-State (Zero-Temperature) Formalism: Quantum Pictures, Adiabatic “Switching On”, The Gell-Mann-Low Theorem, Green’s Functions, Wick’s Theorem, Diagrammatic Analysis of Perturbation Theory; Applications: Fermi Systems, Linear Response and Collective Modes, Bose Systems; Special Topics. |