Advanced quantum mechanics

Diploma

Master ICFP

M2 ICFP

Fall semester

Level Master 2 6 ECTS - English

Compulsory course for the Quantum Physics M2 path

Instructors Sylvain NASCIMBENE ( ENS-PSL )

Teaching assistant Kris VAN HOUCKE ( ENS-PSL )

Education office

enseignement@phys.ens.fr

The aim of the course is to present some advanced theoretical tools in quantum mechanics with an emphasis on open-system dynamics, scattering theory and many-body physics.

Syllabus

Outline of the course
1. Effective dynamics of quantum systems
2. Indistinguishable particles
3. Coherence and correlations in many-body systems
4. Describing interactions: theory of scattering
5. Quadratic many-body systems
6. Lattice models and quantum magnetism

Prerequisites

Evaluation