Quantum Materials II

Education facts

Code: 1FA655

Quantum field theoretical methods: Second quantization, field operators, creation and annihilation operators, quantum statistics for Fermions and Bosons. Quantum statistical methods: Formulation of partition function, free energy, internal energy, entropy, specific heat, average occupation numbers for free particles, the dimensionality of the density of particle states. Semi-classical description of Landau Fermi liquid and Boltzmann transport equation. Scattering theory and Landauer transport formalism. Conductance measurements in one- and two-dimensional materials. Tight-binding models. Experiments probing the band structure of quantum materials. Beyond single-particle models, derivation of the Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximations, the introduction of exchange, the introduction of phonons and the derivation of electron-phonon coupling. Superconductivity.

Entry requirements

120 credits in science/engineering and Quantum Materials I, alternatively Solid State Physics I/F together with Quantum Physics or Quantum Physics F. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Quantum Materials II

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 33 %