• Structure of solids

• The solid as a many-body problem 

• Separation of electronic and ionic motion

• Lattice dynamics: Phonons

• Electronic structure of solids: Electrons in a periodic potential, band structure, Hartree-Fock method, density functional theory

• Electron-electron interaction

• Electron-phonon interaction

• Magnetism

The students

• aquire knowledge about the properties of solids and the related physical phenomena

• apply and extend their knowledge of quantum physics

• learn theoretical concepts and methods of many-body quantum physics

• learn principles of the electronic structure of solids

• acquire basic knowledge of electronic structure theory methods (e.g. density functional theory) and their application to solids

• are enabled to understand current topics of solid state physics and the scientific literature