MAU34410 Interacting quantum systems

Module Code	MAU34410
Module Title	Interacting quantum systems (Quantum Many Body Physics)
Semester taught	Semester 2
ECTS Credits	5
Module Lecturer	Prof. Chaolun Wu
Module Prerequisites	MAU34404 Quantum Mechanics II and MAU34406 Statistical physics II are required.

This module is examined in a 2-hour examination at the end of Semester 2 which will contribute 70% of the final mark..
Continuous assessment contributes 30% towards the overall mark.
The module is passed if the overall mark for the module is 40% or more. If the overall mark for the module is less than 40% and there is no possibility of compensation, the module will be reassessed as follows:
1) A failed exam in combination with passed continuous assessment will be reassessed by an exam in the supplemental session;
2) The combination of a failed exam and failed continuous assessment is reassessed by the supplemental exam;
3) A failed continuous assessment in combination with a passed exam will be reassessed by one or more summer assignments in advance of the supplemental session.
Capping of reassessments applies to Theoretical Physics (TR035) students enrolled in this module. See full text at https://www.tcd.ie/teaching-learning/academic-affairs/ug-prog-award-regs/derogations/by-school.php Select the year and scroll to the School of Physics.

11 weeks of teaching with 3 lectures and 1 tutorial per week.

General formalisms: second quantization and path integral
Many-body perturbation theory: Dyson series, self-energy and renormalization
One-particle and two-particle Green's functions
Fermi liquid: microscopic theory and Landau's effective theory
Superconductivity: BCS theory, Ginzburg-Landau theory, conventional and high temperature superconductivity