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Mathematical Methods of Condensed Matter Physics

Lecturer: 
Course Type: 
PhD Course
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
Period: 
October - April
Duration: 
60 h
Description: 
  • The course will discuss rigorous results in quantum mechanics and in statistical mechanics, relevant for condensed matter physics. Topics to be covered include:

 

  1. Elements of spectral theory, with applications to lattice Schroedinger operators.
  2. Effect of disorder on quantum dynamics. The Anderson model, and its phase diagram.
  3. Relation between spectra and dynamics: the RAGE theorem.
  4. Anderson localization through path expansions.
  5. Quantum transport, heuristic linear response theory. Making it rigorous: the adiabatic theorem.
  6. Quantum Hall effect. Bulk-edge correspondence.
  7. Time-reversal invariant systems. Example: Kane-Mele model. Z2 classification and bulk-edge duality.
  8. Interacting lattice models. Grand canonical formulation, Fock space, perturbation theory.
  9. Cluster expansion, convergence of fermionic perturbation theory, analyticity of the Gibbs state.
  10. Approach to criticality: the rigorous renormalization group. Applications: interacting graphene, nonintegrable perturbations of the 2d Ising model. Construction of a nontrivial RG fixed point: lattice models with long range hoppings.
  11. Universality of transport in quantum Hall systems and semimetals.

 

  • References:

 

  1. M. Aizenman and S. Warzel. Random Operators. American Mathematical Society.
  2. G. M. Graf. Aspects of the integer quantum Hall effect. Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics (2007).
  3. G. M. Graf and M. Porta. Bulk-edge correspondence for two-dimensional topological insulators. Comm. Math. Phys. 324, 851-895, (2013).
  4. M. Porta. Mathematical Methods of Condensed Matter Physics. Lecture notes.
  5. A. Giuliani, V. Mastropietro and S. Rychkov. Gentle introduction to rigorous Renormalization Group: a worked fermionic example. arXiv:2008.04361
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