Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Main texts:

 

1- Quantum Theory of Materials by Efthimios Kaxiras and John D. Joannopoulos

2- Modern Condensed Matter Physics 

3-Berry Phases in Electronic Structure Theory:Electric Polarization, Orbital Magnetization, and Topological Insulators by David Vanderbilt

4-Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods by Richard M. Martin

 

Topics covered in this course are

Dynamics and Topological Constraints 

Symmetries Beyond Translational Periodicity

Berry Phases and Curvatures and Wannier Functions