Sir Anthony Leggett Lecture Series 2010
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May 26, 2010 from 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM |
| Where | RAC 2009 |
| Attendees |
Sir Anthony Leggett |
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Calendar Description:
Summer 2010 - Physics 769: Special Topics in Quantum Information Processing (.25 credit)
“Selected Topics in Condensed Matter Physics: A Quantum Information Perspective”
Instructor: Dr. Anthony J. Leggett TA: Bill Coish (wcoish@iqc.ca)
Please note that the first class will be held on a Friday. All subsequent classes will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Lectures (9:00-10:30, RAC 2009)
| Friday, May 21 (Introduction) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Wednesday, May 26 (Open quantum systems) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Monday, May 31 (Fermi-liquid theory) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Wednesday, June 2 (Band theory) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Monday, June 7 (Graphene) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Wednesday, June 9** (Topological insulators) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Monday, June 21 (Integral quantum Hall effect) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Wednesday, June 23 (Fractional quantum Hall effect) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Monday, June 28 (Basics of superconductivity) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Wednesday, June 30 (Superconducting qubits) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
| Monday, July 5 (Topological quantum computing) | notes (.pdf) |
| Wednesday, July 7 (High-temperature superconductivity) | notes (.pdf) video (.mp4) |
**Final project topic must be chosen by Wednesday, June 9
Office 'hour' for TA (Bill Coish) (9:00-10:30, RAC 2109)
| Friday, May 28 | problems-1.pdf (problem set 1) |
| Friday, June 4 | problems-2.pdf (problem set 2) |
| Friday, June 11 | |
| Friday, June 18 | |
| Friday, June 25; For audit: Problem set 1 or 2 due | |
| Friday, July 9 |
Evaluation
Three assignments worth 25% each; a final project worth 25%. A final project topic must be chosen by Wednesday, June 9.
Conditions for audit
To meet conditions for an official audit of this course, students must:
(1) attend a minimum of 50% of lectures and
(2) satisfactorily complete one of three assignments (by obtaining a minimum of 50% of the total marks on that assignment)
Note
Students will require a permission number in order to enroll. The add/drop deadline is Friday, June 11. Please obtain permission number from Monica Dey.
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