Lecture Notes on Condensed Matter Physics
by Daniel Arovas
Publisher: University of California, San Diego 2010
Number of pages: 186
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These lecture notes are intended to supplement a graduate level course in condensed matter physics. From the table of contents: Introductory Information; Boltzmann Transport; Mesoscopia; Linear Response Theory; Magnetism.
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