Introduction to Frustrated Magnetism

The lectures will take place on Wednesday, Room BSP 727 (Cubotron), at 10:15. Lecture notes will be posted on the Moodle page in the course of the semester. An extended summary of the lectures can be found in a book chapter (see link below).

First lecture: February 22, 2023 - Chapter 1 - Introduction

Second lecture: March 1st, 2023 - Chapter 2 - Ground state degeneracy of Ising and related models

Third lecture: March 15, 2023 - Chapter 3 - Ground state of classical frustrated Heisenberg models

Fourth lecture: March 22, 2023 - Chapter 4 up to section 4.2.1 - Ground state correlations of Ising models

Fifth lecture: March 29, 2023 - Chapter 4, section 4.2.2 and 4.3

Sixth lecture: April 5, 2023 - Chapter 5 - Thermal fluctuations in Heisenberg models

Seventh lecture: April 19, 2023 - Chapter 6 - Spin waves and quantum fluctuations, up to section 6.3.

Eighth lecture: May 3rd, 2023 - Chapter 6, section 6.4. Chapter 7 - Gapped quantum frustrated magnets - Section 7.1

Ninth lecture: May 10, 2023 - Chapter 7, section 7.2 and 7.3

Tenth lecture: May 17, 2023 - Chapter 8 - Quantum dimer models - Sections 8.1 and 8.2.1

Eleventh lecture: May 24, 2023 - Chapter 8, section 8.2.2. Chapter 9, Algebraic spin liquids, section 9.1.

Twelfth lecture: May 31, 2023 - Chapter 9, section 9.2. Chapter 10, Magnetisation plateaus

Exam: June 28, 2023, 10:15 - 12:30, Cubotron 727