Solid State III
Magnetism
The theory of magnetism is a very important part of the modern Solid State physics. It is also very diverse: it includes subjects that are old and well established as well as the ones on the frontier of the current research: strongly correlated electron systems, quantum critical points, theory of classical and quantum glasses. Education of a Solid State physicist can not be complete without a good working knowledge of the theory of magnetism.
The original plan of the course was to begin with the well established subjects: formation of local moments, classical theories of ordered magnetic states in metals and insulators and only then outline the most recent advances and open problems. The details of the old plan can be found
here. However, after the discussion with the students it was decided to shorten the first part and put more emphasis on more recent advances and open problems of the modern theory. The details of the new course plan can be found here.