Introduction to strongly correlated electron systems

Prof. Dr. Mohsen Abd-Elmeguid

Organization

Place and time	10:00-11:30 h on Monday , seminar room 214, Institute of Physics II
First lecture	October 13th, 2014
Accompanying material	PDF files of the lecture will be available online on this page
Contact information	Mohsen Abd-Elmeguid Room:  311, Second Floor Phone:  2625 Email: meguidph2.uni-koeln.de Everybody is welcome to talk with me at any time during the week!

Lecture Contents

• Introduction
  
  • Short review of electrons in solids, origin of strong electronic correlations    
• Classes of strongly correlated electron systems
  
  • Transition metal compounds: 3d-electrons
    - Hubbard model, Mott insulator, metal-insulator transition
    - Spin, charge and orbital degrees of freedom and ordering phenomena, selected materials    
    
  • Heavy fermion systems: 4f (5f)–electrons
    - The Kondo effect, heavy fermion systems, non-Fermi liquid behavior
    -  Quantum phase transitions, unconventional superconductivity, selected materials
    -  Pressure effect on the ground state properties: recent experimental results
  • Nanoscale structures:
    - Quantum confinement, unusual properties for potential applications
    
    
• Pressure effect on the ground state properties
  
  • Recent experimental results on heavy fermions and transition metal compounds
• Open discussion

Lecture Notes

• Lecture 1: Introduction
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4+5
• Lecture 6+7
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11+12
• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14