Preface
1 Introduction
　1.1 Spontaneously broken symmetry
　1.2 Tracking broken symmetry: order parameter
　1.3 Beyond broken symmetry
　References
2 Non interacting elearon gas
　Problems
3 Born—Oppenheimer approximation
　3.1 Basic Hamiltonian
　3.2 Adiabatic approximation
　3.3 Tight—binding approximation
　Problem
　References
4 Second quantization
　4.1 Bosons
　4.2 Fermions
　4.3 Fermion operators
　Problems
　References
5 Hartree—Fock approximation
　5.1 Non—interacting limit
　5.2 Hartree—Fock approximation
　5.3 Diagrams
　Problem
　References
6 Interacting electron gas
　6.1 Uniform electron gas
　6.2 Hartree—Fock excitation spectrum
　6.3 Cohesive energy of metals
　Summary
　Problems
　References
7 Local magnetic moments in metals
　7.1 Local moments: phenomenology
　7.2 Impurity density ofstates
　7.3 Green functions
　7.4 Friedel's sum rule and local moments
　Summary
　Appendix to Chapter 7: Luttinger's theorem
　Problems
　References
8 Quenching of local moments：the Kondo problem
　8.1 The Kondo Hamiltonian
　8.2 Why is J negative？
　8.3 Scattering and the resistivity minimum
　8.4 Electron—impurity scattering amplitudes
　8.5 Kondo temperature
　8.6 Poor Man's scaling
　Summary
　Appendix to Chapter 8: the Schrieffer—Wolff transformation
　Problems
　References
9 Screening and plasmons
　9.1 Thomas—Fermiscreening
　9.2 Plasma oscillations and collective coordinates
　9.3 Linear response theory
　9.4 Dielectric response function
　9.5 Kubo formula: electrical conductivity
　9.6 Stopping power of a plasma
　Summary
　Problems
　References
10 Bosonization
　10.1 Luttingerliquid
　10.2 Bosonization of Luttinger model
　10.3 Pair binding: can electrons do it alone？
　10.4 Excitation spectrum
　Summary
　Problems
　References
11 Electron—lattice interactions
　11.1 Harmonic chain
　11.2 Acoustic phonons
　11.3 Electron—phonon interaction
　11.4 Ultrasonic attenuation
　11.5 Electrical conduction
　Summary
　Problems
　References
12 Superconductivity in metals
　12.1 Superconductivity：phenomenology
　12.2 Electron—phonon effective interaction
　12.3 Model interaction
　12.4 Cooperpairs
　12.5 Fermi liquid theory
　12.6 Pair amplitude
　12.7 BCS ground state
　12.8 Pair fluctuations
　12.9 Ground state energy
　12.10 Critical magnetic field
　12.11 Energygap
　12.12 Quasi—particle excitations
　12.13 Thermodynamics
　12.14 Experimental applications
　12.15 Josephson tunneling
　Summary
　Problems
　References
13 Disorder：localization and exceptions
　13.1 Primer on localization
　13.2 Return probability: localization criterion
　13.3 Weak localization
　13.4 Scalingtheory
　13.5 Exceptions to localization
　Summary
　Problems
　References
14 Quantum phase transitions
　14.1 Quantum rotor model
　14.2 Scaling
　14.3 Mean—field solution
　14.4 Landau—Ginsburg theory
　14.5 Transport properties
　14.6 Experiments
　14.7 Scaling and T—linear resistivity
　Problems
　References
15 Quantum Halland other topological states
　15.1 What is the quantum Hall effect？
　15.2 Landaulevels
　15.3 The role of disorder
　15.4 Currents at the edge
　15.5 Topological insulators
　15.6 Laughlin liquid
　Summary
　Problems
　References
16 Electronsat strong coupling：Mottness
　16.1 Bandinsulator
　16.2 Mott's problem
　16.3 Much ado about zeros: Luttinger surface
　16.4 Beyond the atomic limit: Heisenberg versus Slater
　16.5 Dynamical spectral weight transfer
　16.6 Epilogue: 1=2—1
　Problems
　References
Index