Solid State Physics II. Interacting Electron Systems

"More Is Different, Broken symmetry and the nature of the hierarchical structure of science." [pdf] Philip Warren Anderson

For the 2nd year MSc students (Spring Semester of 2017-19)

Additional course materials (written by István Tüttő)

• Berry phase [pdf]
• Edge states [pdf]
• Hall effektus [pdf]
• Landau levels [pdf]
• Magnetic monopole [pdf]
• TKKN formula [pdf]
• Toplogikus szigetelők (only Hungarian) [pdf]
• Topology [pdf]
• A szupravezető kondenzátum tulajdonságainak áttekintése (only Hungarian) [pdf]
• Properties of the superconducting condensate [pdf]

References

Required readings:
• Jenő Sólyom: Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids: Volume 1: Structure and Dynamics, Springer; 2007 edition
• Jenő Sólyom: Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids: Volume II: Electronic Properties, Springer; 2009 edition
Recommended readings:
• N. W. Ashcroft, N. D. Mermin: Solid State Physics (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1976)
• Charles Kittel: Introduction to Solid State Physics (Wiley, 8 edition, 2004)
• Patrik Fazekas: Lecture Notes on Electron Correlation and Magnetism (World Scientific, Series in Modern Condensed Matter Physics: Volume 5, 1999)