Graphical representation of the scattering phase shifts in the Kondo problem. (Image by Prof. Patrick Lee.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Patrick Lee
MIT Course Number
8.512
As Taught In
Spring 2009
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
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.
