סילבוס הקורס

Essentials of scattering theory: the scattering matrix and transmission coefficient. Landauer formula and its multi-channel generalization. Time-reversal symmetry, Onsager relations and their implications for Aharonov-Bohm interferometers. Two- vs four-terminal conductance measurements. Resonant tunneling and the Breit-Wigner formula. Kubo formula and ac conductance. Noise: thermal noise (Nyquist-Johnson) and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem; Shot noise. Quantum dots and the Coulomb blockade. Coulomb staircase for the charging of metallic quantum dots. Ultra-small quantum dots and their description in terms of the Anderson model. Schrieffer-Wolff transformation and the reduction to the Kondo model. The renormalization group and its application to the Kondo model.