PHYS626

Modern Condensed Matter Physics II: Scaling and Renormalization

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Prerequisite: PHYS603 and PHYS623. Phase transitions in many-body systems, phase diagrams, scaling invariance of critical points, renormalization group methods, the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, dualities, quantum phase transitions, Renormalization-group approach to interacting fermions (Fermi liquid as a fixed point, Fermi liquid instabilities).

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.78 between 53 students*

PHYS626 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560657075% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 9.43%
A: 47.17%
A+: 16.98%
B-: 1.89%
B: 5.66%
C: 3.77%
other: 15.09%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.