PHYSICS 140B
Quantum States of Matter
Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Recommended: courses 115B, 115C, 140A. Introduction to various phases of matter that exhibit quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale. Topics may include superconductivity, superfluidity, magnetism, density waves, and the integer quantum Hall effect. Landau's phenomenological theory of symmetry-breaking phase transitions, including the application of Ginzburg-Landau theory to superconductivity.
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Enforced requisites: courses 112, 115A.
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PHYSICS 140B
- PHYSICS 112Thermal Physics
- PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
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PHYSICS 140B
- PHYSICS 241ASolid-State Physics
- PHYSICS 241BSolid State Physics
- PHYSICS 241CSolid State Physics