Summer Semester 2018
The 2018 summer lecture courses run from April 9th - May 18th 2018 and from May 28th - July 21st 2018. The following lectures are offered:
General lecture: Quantum Information
lecturer: | Prof. W. Strunz (TUD) | |
time: | Tuesdays 11:10-12:40, Thursdays 11:10-12:40 | |
location: | Tuesdays: REC/C118; Thursdays: BZW/A120 | |
content: | 1. Introduction 2. Quantum states, distance measures, entanglement, correlations, non-locality 3. Quantum communication 4. Quantum computation 5. Physical realization 6. Open Quantum Systems and Quantum Operations 7. Information, entropy and capacity
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format: | Every 4th lecture will be a tutorial session. |
General Lecture: Quantum Phase Transitions
lecturer: | Lukas Janssen | |
time: | Mondays 09:20-10:50; Fridays 13:00-14:30 | |
location: | BZW/A120 | |
content: | 1. Introduction 2. Classical phase transitions and universality 3. Statistical mechanics and path integrals 4. Renormalization group 5. Theoretical models for quantum phase transitions 6. Quantum phase transitions: Primer 7. Magnetic quantum phase transitions 8. Quantum phase transitions of bosons and fermions 9. Applications: Quantum phase transitions in metals, deconfined quantum criticality, quantum phase transitions in high-energy physics, asymptotic safety scenario of quantum gravity | |
format: | Every 4th lecture is a tutorial |
General lecture: Solid State Theory
lecturer: | Hong-Hao Tu | |
time: | Tuesdays and Wednesdays 14:50-16:20 | |
location: | IFW D2E.32 | |
content: | 1. Structure and symmetry of crystalline solids 2. Lattice vibrations and phonons 3. Non-interacting electrons in solids 4. Theory of electron transport 5. Electrons in magnetic fields 6. Interacting electrons and collective excitations | |
format: | Every 4th lecture is a tutorial |
General lecture: Theoretical Biophysics
lecturer: | Prof. F. Jülicher and Prof. S. Grill | |
time: | Lecture: Tuesdays 11:10-12:40; Tutorial: Thursdays 14:50-16:20 | |
location: | MPI PKS Seminar Room 3 | |
content: | Statistical Physics of polymers and biological membranes, active processes, stochastic motion in potential energy landscapes, dynamics of biological molecules |
General lecture: Introduction to topological field theory and anomalies in condensed matter
lecturers: | Prof. J. van den Brink and F. Noguira | |
time: | Tuesdays 11:10-12:40; Thursdays 11:10-12:40 | |
location: | IFW D2E.32 | |
content: | -Introduction and overview: topological invariants and quantum numbers -Introduction to path integrals -Nonlinear sigma models and topological action -Wess-Zumino-Witten-Novikov terms -Haldane's nonlinear sigma model theory of one-dimensional antiferromagnets: the role of topology -Index theorems and topological quantum numbers. Applications to topological superconductivity -Topological field theories of metals and insulators (topological insulators, Weyl semi-metals, etc.) -Chiral anomaly and gravitational anomaly in topological matter | |
format: | Every 4th lecture is a tutorial |
Special lecture: Condensed Matter Research with Neutrons and X-rays
lecturer: | Jochen Geck and Dmytro Inosov | |
time: | Mondays 13:00-14:30. Tutorials on Thursdays of even weeks | |
location: | REC/C118 (Mondays); REC/D16 (tutorials on even weeks) | |
content: | This course provides an introduction to condensed matter research by means of modern x-ray and neutron experiments. The following topics will be covered: X-ray and neutron sources, interaction between radiation and matter, scattering and spectroscopy with x-ray and neutrons, applications in the field of novel electronic phenomena in complex quantum materials. |
Special lecture: Molecular Nanostructures
lecturer: | Prof. B. Büchner |
time: | Mondays 09:20-10:50 |
location: | IFW |
content: | The lecture will address the following apects of molecular nanostructures: - High resolution microscopy (TEM, STM ...) - Chemical bonds in molecular nanostructures - Synthesis and functionalisation of molecular nanostructures - Physical properties and applications of molecular nanostructures - Molecular magnetism - Transport properties of graphene |
Special lecture: Nanostructural Materials
lecturer: | Prof. G. Cuniberti |
time: | Tuesdays 09:20-10:50 |
location: | SCH/A01/H |
content: | scaling laws, mesoscopic systems, quantum effects - synthesis of clusters and nanotubes - density of states and electron transport in low-dimensional systems - theoretical foundations of scanning tunnelling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, chemical atomic force microscopy, and near-field scanning optical microscopy - nanostructuring via electron beam lithography, optical lithography, and scanning probe techniques - giant magnetoresistance, single-electron devices - micrifluidics and colloids - lab classes |
Special lecture: Practical Quantum Mechanics II - Strongly Correlated Systems
lecturer: | Steffen Wirth and Prof. Liu-Hao Tjeng |
time: | Tuesdays 11:10-12:40 |
location: | MPI CPfS Seminar Room 1+2 |
content: | Electronic structure of strongly correlated systems: One-particle vs. Many-body framework, Ground state and Excitations,Density of States and Spectral Weights, H2 molecule – Heitler-London, Hubbard, Total energy diagrams - Configuration interaction, Atomic multiplet theory - Solid state screening, Transition Metal Oxides: Zaanen-Sawatzky-Allen, Kondo systems: Gunnarsson and Schönhammer, Mixed Valent Systems, Doping dependence, Transfer of Spectral Weight, Green’s Functions formalism. |