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

 

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.