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Last updated 2021-Oct_6
There will be no Final Exam for this course.
The course meets on Tuesday, Thursday, from 11:30-12:50 pm in Crow 206. First class is on Tuesday, August 31. Additional meeting time is scheduled to analyze and discuss homework, allow for student presentations and the possibility of make-up classes, if needed. Time for this meeting is Friday 1:45-2:35 pm in Compton 245 starting September 3.
Instructor: | Willem
Dickhoff Office: Compton 371; Email: wimd@wuphys.wustl.edu Office hours: We 11:30-12:30 on Zoom and appointment |
Course Textbook: | Many-body theory exposed! (2nd edition)
by Dickhoff and Van Neck, ISBN 9812813802 (softcover; note there is
also a hardcover that is some times offered at reduced price). We will cover a substantial fraction of the material in the book. Additional reading, references, and homework problems can be found there as well. |
Other useful books: | Additional books that you should consult once in a while in
the library are: Mattuck Fetter and Walecka Abrikosov, Gorkov, and Dzyaloshinski Negele and Orland Blaizot and Ripka Migdal Mahan Kadanoff and Baym Schrieffer Thouless Pitaevskii and Stringari Nozieres Nozieres and Pines Koltun and Eisenberg Kraeft et al. Lindgren and Morrison Brown Bruus and Flensberg Altland and Simons Cohen-Tannoudji and Guery-Odelin Leggett Stefanucci and van Leeuwen (on reserve in the physics library) |
The course is defined by the material discussed in the lectures and studied in the reading material. A tentative schedule is given below. It includes the material to be read for the corresponding meeting, the material covered, and the assigned homework. We will try to insert some new formats into the course. I propose to provide the lecture material for each class a week ahead of schedule. After agreeing on a presentation schedule a student will then have a week to prepare to present this material while having full access to feedback and further clarification from the instructor. The hope is that students will be better able to absorb and apply the considerable amount of material that is covered in the course. It also provides an opportunity to practice the critical skill of presenting and perhaps the skill of asking questions.
COURSE GRADE:
- Three meetings per week in Crow 206 and 223
- Reading for each class. Homework assigned for most class. Appropriate review of reading material during class mostly in lecture format (with hopefully discussion and lots of questions). Homework can be discussed during class time and is reviewed when necessary. To encourage classroom participation students will rotate in presenting class material which is part of the final grade.
- Computer assignments as longer projects.
- No written exams!
- A ~30-minute presentation on material of a closely related topic must be chosen. Attendance at all talks by other students is required. The talk should include a motivation, a discussion of the method of solution and experimental data (where appropriate), a discussion of the results, and a summary plus conclusions of the presented material. The use of overhead transparencies or (preferably) pdf/keynote/powerpoint is recommended
Homework: | Students are encouraged to form study groups and discuss the homework with each other, but each student must be able to present his or her own solutions. You will be asked to discuss solution strategies of homework problems when appropriate. |
Computer assignments: | |
Slides: Q540-19-01 Neutron_levels Bomo_208Pb_levels |