After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• Explain various methods for calculating the electronic structure of a solid
• Density functional theory
• Coupled cluster
• Correlated wavefunction techniques
• Quantum monte Carlo
• Tight-binding and empirical approaches
• Compare, discuss and select these electronic structure methods
• Discuss electronic exchange- and correlation effects
• Describe the phenomenon of superconductivity theoretically

Application of field-theoretical methods to excitations in condensed matter, electronic and phonon excitations, superconductivity

• Density functional theory
• Tight binding
• Quantum chemistry
• BCS theory for superconductivity
• Screening

During the lecture the definitions and methods are motivated, explained and illustrated with the help of case studies at the blackboard.

Oral individual exam on appointment. During estimated 30 minutes questions should be answered and different models discussed.

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