tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post5219073467529283165..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Basic questions about condensed matterRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-8048924272686267522019-09-01T00:44:56.645+10:002019-09-01T00:44:56.645+10:00How could I forget my own personal hero: Ken Wilso...How could I forget my own personal hero: Ken Wilson!Gautam Menonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380130705745922128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-14188875005660542612019-08-31T23:31:32.587+10:002019-08-31T23:31:32.587+10:00Asakura, Sho; Oosawa,F (1 January 1954). "On ...Asakura, Sho; Oosawa,F (1 January 1954). "On Interaction between Two Bodies Immersed in a Solution of Macromolecules". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 22 (7): 1255 would be one classic reference. Another is: B. J. Alder and T. E. Wainwright (1957). "Phase Transition for a Hard Sphere System". J. Chem. Phys. 27 (5): 1208<br />Gautam Menonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380130705745922128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-13602949514168368242019-08-29T11:12:26.717+10:002019-08-29T11:12:26.717+10:00Hi Gautam,
Could you expand on 1a or give me a sem...Hi Gautam,<br />Could you expand on 1a or give me a seminal reference?Ross H. McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-66101569291587178972019-08-29T11:04:44.839+10:002019-08-29T11:04:44.839+10:00Thanks for the very helpful comments and suggestio...Thanks for the very helpful comments and suggestions. I welcome more. The next post will give some of my preliminary answers.Ross H. McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-69285992675186971722019-08-25T18:04:43.082+10:002019-08-25T18:04:43.082+10:00(1,3) We take it for granted today, but the useful...(1,3) We take it for granted today, but the usefulness of band structures in describing the electronic properties of any crystalline material never ceases to amaze me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-12128454807170411192019-08-24T23:20:10.148+10:002019-08-24T23:20:10.148+10:00(1a) Classical condensed matter physics: Entropic ...(1a) Classical condensed matter physics: Entropic transitions in hard-core systems<br />(1b) Quantum condensed matter physics: The Quantum Hall Effects<br />(2) I'm sure of the whole edifice of statistical physics and thermodynamics as applied to condensed matter physics systems that can be thought of in classical terms. I am less sure of issues involving decoherence and the quantum-to-classical crossover.<br />(3) Major players: Anderson, de Gennes, Landau, Kohn, Landau, Bardeen. Historical events: The BCS paper, the gang-of-four paper, the Kosterlitz-Thouless paper, possibly the foundational papers on topological insulators<br />(4) Room temperature superconductivity, the "right" theory of high-Tc<br />Gautam Menonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380130705745922128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-41820675301469621952019-08-23T17:34:21.909+10:002019-08-23T17:34:21.909+10:001. BCS superconductivity and the quantum hall effe...1. BCS superconductivity and the quantum hall effect(s).<br /><br />3. Major players: the first to come to my mind would be Landau, Bardeen and perhaps (as an educator primarily) Sommerfeld. <br />NBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563407757122540157noreply@blogger.com