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Hi guys, i know that there are Feynman diagrams in condensed matter around. As far as i understood it they are used to calculate Green's functions but as we all know from qft Feynman diagrams can also be used to calculated scattering amplitudes...so, i wonder if there is a book around with...

Could someone with some familiarity with condensed matter theory explain what exactly it involves? I'm not asking without having done research: I've looked at a lot of faculty pages at various universities looking for what people who call themselves condensed matter theorists do. So far I've...

Hi everybody, I ve been thinking a lot lately about the thesis I am supposed to start next year. I will study the categoric formulation for quantum mechanics, polytope correlations and links with the complexity theory (post quantum models etc). But on the other hand, I find my courses on...

I am currently following a course of condensed matter physics and quite enjoying it. But after doig some research I found that many book deal with QFT applied to condensed matter. I wonder what all the calculus of QFT is needed to describe those phenomenas. I kinda feel that relativistic...

Hello! I would like to know which Universities in the world have an excellent Master in Condensed Matter Physics?. I am aware that this question is not very precise, because the answers will very personal. Nevertheless, I would like to hear them. Thanks for taking your time to help me.

Pop books on Optics, Condensed Matter, and all other non "sexy" areas of Physics There's so many pop books on Quantum Mechanics (Philosophical implications), General Relativity, and The Theory of Everything, but are there any pop books on subjects like Condensed Matter, Materials Science...

This is something that has come to mind and I would want to hear what you other enthusiasts also think about it if you find it at all intruiging. The concept I am thinking about can be applied to a variety of processes but once the extent at which the idea surpasses customary principles it...

I think Markopoulou and Oriti have been sniffing this out a long time. Note that Wen has heuristically linked tensor networks and AdS/CFT (strings!) in the final slide of http://dao.mit.edu/~wen/talks/09QHtop.pdf. http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2994 Tensor network decompositions in the presence...

can one without knowledge of chemistry(high school knowledge) and only having little experimental experience specialize in condensed matter physics?

Hi, I was wondering if the job-market for a theoretical condensed matter physicist is any better than the other branches of theoretical physics (e.g., particle and astro-physics). At first glance: it seems so, given how applied a branch of physics it is.

I'm a final year BSc Maths & Physics student and need to start applying for MSc's this autumn. My problem is, I don't know whether to study for a particle physics MSc or a generalist physics/applied maths MSc. I am currently doing a research project in CMT and I'm liking it a lot, but I have no...

I've been researching CMP and it looks really interesting. I'm getting to the point of where I need to decide on my major. I'm a sophomore and have most core classes done. I understand that I won't be dealing with CMP until Grad School, but what kinda classes/major would help most in CMP as an...

I don't have the time now to study QFT in depth but I need some basic knowledge about QED and quantum forces (like casimir). I want to study the role of casimir force to solid state devices (photonic and plasmonic devices). Which part of QFT is needed to study for now and which books are...

And what's the job outlook / salary of one? Thanks in advance.

Homework Statement gas is isothermally and reversibly condensed n=2(mol) T=337K H(vap)=35.3kJ/mol find w, q, U, H Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution H=-H(vap)*2=-70.6kJ/mol H=U+n(g)RT w=-n(g)RT n(g)=-2 w=5.6kJ So U=H-w U Should be -70.6-5.6=-76.2, but the book...

Or does it depend on which area of condensed physics one is specializing in?

Although I'm not going into physics for a love of money/easy money, I still want a decent amount to live comfortably. 80-90k+ is alright with me, and condensed matter is pretty interesting, practical, and very helpful. I'm curious as to how much they earn on average/median in a year. Does a...

Something like "SPIRES" for condensed matter? I'm trying to find (with no luck, obviously) some sort of database of people and papers in condensed matter physics, sort of like SPIRES is for the high energy community. Basically something where I can look up a professor and see a list of their...

Hi I was wondering if anyone has a good introductory article about QFT applied to condensed matter physics. I know a bit about condensed matter physics, and a bit of QFT applied to particle physics. thanx

Just want to see what people have to say to this. light == raw energy, matter == condensed energy. If we were able to take all the different light waves from the sun, and like a laser(in short, the light bounces around inside a cylinder then shoots out), condense the light energy, would we be...

i've read that quantum field theory can be applied to condensed matter physics but i don't understand how: quantum field theory is the union of SR with QM but how is SR related to condensed matter physics? i understand that quantum field theory would be useful because it can describe...

Homework Statement An open orbit in a monovalent tetragonal metal connects opposite faces of a Brillioun zone. A magnetic field is normal to the plane of the open orbit. Describe in real space the motion of the electron on this orbit in the presence of the magnetic field. Homework...

condensed matter--integral over density of states Homework Statement http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys460/fall06/handouts/460-lect12.pdf Could someone explain to me why the first equation on slide 22 is true? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

I'm having some trouble getting started on this one: 3.00×10^4 cm^3 of 300 degrees C steam at a pressure of 10.0 atm is cooled until it condenses. What is the volume of the liquid water? Give your answer in cm^3. I figure you use pV=nRT to solve. I've been trying to rearrange it, but am...

I wish to self study condensed matter physics. I believe the Kittel and Arschcroft&Mermin are the most popular textbooks. I have read that Kittel is not very clear, however it his half the price of A&M on amazon. Also, my background in Quantum Mechanics comes entirely from Griffiths' intro, and...

...Are there any outside of academia? For example, do private companies have theorists working in R&D?

I've read a couple (nontehnical) books on cosmology and particle physics, but there seems to be a dearth of these on condensed matter. Anyone know of one out there? Or perhaps a semi-technical book that I could understand most of with 1 year of calc. Thanks in advance

Who makes the better quant, a theoretical particle physicist or a theoretical condensed matter physicist and why?

I'm starting an MSc in theoretical physics this October, and at the moment I'm considering specialising in Condensed Matter or Particle Physics, both of which look quite interesting. I was wondering which one had better career prospects. I suspect it's easier to get a well paid research job in...

I am confused about the relation between condensed matter physics and Quantum field theory (QFT). Here are my "naive" questions. 1. The condensed matter physics deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter. The number of atoms of the system is as large as Avogadro's number. But in...

hello, do you have any experience with this book: Condensed Matter Physics, Michael P. Marder, Wiley & Sons. Is this good for the first contact to condensed matter physics, or can you recommend me another book?

Hi y'all, I have always heard of the word "condensed matter physicsts" here and there. Unitil recently, however, I realized that I have no idea what it means! What do condensed matter physicists do? What kind of things do they study? How is condensed matter physics different from QM or GR?

I am a Junior in an university , majoring in Applied Physics ,and I find I have a interest in condensed matter physics ,espacially about Superconductivity ,Nanotechnology,Low temperature phases and the like ,but in my curriculum , there is no such course like this , so I want to know which book...

A. Einstein contended that (E=mc2) energy was equal to mass X velocity of light squared. Does is it not follow that M=e/c2 or that mass is really condensed energy? If mass is truly energy, then what is it that we observe from our mind's point of reference? [SIZE="4"]Finally what is energy?

If you don't have a subscription to Physics Today, RUN, don't walk, to your nearest library that has a subscription of one and COPY this article! To commemorate the AIP 75 years, Marvin Cohen wrote a TERRIFIC article on the history of condensed matter physics in the June 2006 issue of Physics...

Can anyone say concisely what the key mathematical subjects/techniques one must master for theoretical condensed matter physics are? (To be specific; things like Mesoscopic physics, Nanomagnetism, Semiconductor Physics, and then of course the low temperature stuff) Also, in general what hands...

I will begin physics grad school this fall. I am pretty well decided on studying condensed matter theory. But, within CM theory, I'm not sure which area I should choose. On one hand, there are three professors at my school who mainly use field theory to solve many body problems. Ideally...

Condensed Matter Physics (seems comprehensive) Michael Marder Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Texas, Austin TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: ATOMIC STRUCTURE Chapter 1: The Idea of Crystals, page 3 1.1, Introduction, page 3 1.1.1, Why are Solids Crystalline?, page 4 1.2...

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