Topological quantum numbers in condensed matter systems

Schedule

• Lecture 1, 19.02.2015
  DownloadIntroduction (PDF, 3 MB)vertical_align_bottom and 
  DownloadQuantum Hall Effect I (phenomenology) (PDF, 2.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
  
• Lecture 2, 26.02.2015
  DownloadScaling theory of localization and Quantum Hall Effect II (topology) (PDF, 1.2 MB)vertical_align_bottom
  
• Lecture 3, 12.03.2015
  DownloadChern insulators and Topological insulators (PDF, 4.4 MB)vertical_align_bottom
  
• Lecture 4, 19.03.2015
  DownloadTopological insulators I (PDF, 2.8 MB)vertical_align_bottom
  
• Lecture 5, 26.03.2015
  DownloadTopological insulators II (PDF, 6.7 MB)vertical_align_bottom
  
• Lecture 6, 16.04.2015
  DownloadSignificant others (PDF, 2.6 MB)vertical_align_bottom
  
• Lecture 7, 23.04.2015
  DownloadFractional quantum Hall effect I (PDF, 3.7 MB)vertical_align_bottom
  
• Lecture 8, 07.05.2015
  DownloadComposite fermions (partially incomplete) (PDF, 5 MB)vertical_align_bottom

Literature

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[4] T. Giamarchi, Quantum Physics in One Dimension (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004).
[5] S. M. Girvin, The Quantum Hall Effect: Novel Excitations and Broken Symmetries, in [12], chap. 2, p. 53.
[6] B. I. Halperin, Quantized Hall conductance, current-carrying edge states, and the existence of extended states in a two-dimensional disordered potential, Phys. Rev. B 25, 2185 (1982).
[7] T. Ihn, Semiconductor Nanostructures (Oxford University Press, 2011).
[8] M. Kohmoto, Topological invariant and the quantization of the Hall conductance, Ann. Phys. (NY) 160, 343 (1985).
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[10] D. J. Thouless, M. Kohmoto, M. Nightingale, and M. den Nijs, Quantized Hall Conductance in a Two-Dimensional Periodic Potential, Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 405 (1982).
[11] X.-G. Wen, Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems (Oxford University Press, 2004).
[12] A. Comtet, T. Jolicoeur, S. Ouvry, and F. David, eds., Topological aspects of low dimensional systems (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999).
[13] A. Kitaev, Lecture notes on: Topological Quantum Systems external pageURLcall_made
[14] B. A. Bernevig, Topological insulators and topological superconductors (Princeton University Press 2013)
[15] E. Fradkin, Field Theories of Condensed Matter Physics (Cambridge University Press 2013)