Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The spiltting of these references into categories is articial since most of them actually cover all the topics we have discussed (wil be discussing).
Symmetry Breaking
I list two books that are, however, much more advanced than what is necessary for the lecture. They are in fact mainly about renormalization. J. Cardy, Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics, 256 pp, ISBN 0521499593, CUP, 1996 A great book if you are interested in mean eld theory and renormalization in statistical physics (you are). The material we discussed is in Chapter 6, but rather brief. Nigel Goldenfeld, Lectures on Phase Transitions and the Renormalization Group, by (Westview Press, 1992) Same as above, but more accessible
Fermions, superconductivity
Probably all references mentioned here are way too technical for us. I give them for completeness. Lecture Notes Christopher Mudry Covers many topics in detail. Very detailed calculations. Lecture Notes Piers Coleman Less heavy to read, but teaches you a lot by making connections all the time. Lecture Notes Ben Simons Everything within the path integral approach, very readable, but the overlap with the course material is not too big. Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics, book by Naoto Nagaosa Surprisingly compact, clear at least for some parts, everything within the path-integral approach. Good to read if you are at risk of losing the overview. There are classic books like Fetter-Walecka, Orland-Negele, but these typically spend much more time developing the formalism (also with diagrammatics) than we have done.