Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.512 (Spring 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Theory of Solids II 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Physics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Patrick Lee 
• Course Introduction:
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  8.512 Theory of Solids II
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features extensive lecture notes as well as problem sets.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This is the second term of a theoretical treatment of the physics of solids. Topics covered include linear response theory; the physics of disorder; superconductivity; the local moment and itinerant magnetism; the Kondo problem and Fermi liquid theory.