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Syllabus:

Quantum Transport Theory, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: Kvanttransportteori D
This syllabus is valid: 2007-07-02 valid to 2011-09-04 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Syllabus for courses starting before 2011-09-04
Course code: 5FY056
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Physics: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics

Contents

Feynman diagrammatics in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Dissipation: Quantum kinetic equations, Boltzmann theory. Linear response theory. Fluctuations and Dissipation. Theory of disordered conductors: Anderson localization, Weak localization, Electronic dephasing and interactions. Mesoscopic fluctuations.

Required Knowledge

Quantum Mechanics 1, or equivalent. English proficiency equivalent to IELTS Academic Training –minimum score 5.0 with no individual score below 4.5 (Tests taken before January 2005 not admissible or TOEFL – minimum score 500 on paper based test and not below 4.0 on the TWE, Alternatively 173 on computer based test with iBT61 is also required as well as basic entrance requirements for higher studies in Swedish language proficiency if the course in taught in Swedish.

Literature

Rammer Jørgen
Quantum transport theory
Reading, Mass. : Perseus : 1998 : xvii, 510 s. :
ISBN: 0-7382-0048-4
Search the University Library catalogue

Rammer Jørgen
Quantum transport theory
Reading, Mass. : Perseus : 1998 : xvii, 510 s. :
ISBN: 0-7382-0048-4
Search the University Library catalogue