402-0414-00L  Strongly Correlated Many-Body Systems: From Electrons to Ultracold Atoms to Photons

SemesterSpring Semester 2021
LecturersA. Imamoglu, E. Demler
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionEnglish


AbstractThis course covers the physics of strongly correlated systems that emerge in diverse platforms, ranging from two-dimensional electrons, through ultracold atoms in atomic lattices, to photons.
Learning objectiveThe goal of the lecture is to prepare the students for research in strongly correlated systems currently investigated in vastly different physical platforms.
ContentFeshbach resonances, Bose & Fermi polarons, Anderson impurity model and the s-d Hamiltonian, Kondo effect, quantum magnetism, cavity-QED, probing noise in strongly correlated systems, variational non-Gaussian approach to interacting many-body systems.
Lecture notesHand-written lecture notes will be distributed.
Prerequisites / NoticeKnowledge of Quantum Mechanics at the level of QM II and exposure to Solid State Theory.