A course of lectures on modern problems in the physics of quantum systems and high-temperature superconductivity. Lectures are given by leading scientists of the V.L. Ginzburg Center for High-Temperature Superconductivity and Quantum Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This is a unique opportunity to get acquainted with potential scientific supervisors and research conducted at the Center.

Telegram channel of Horizons of Physics: https://t.me/ginzburg_center_horizons

For more information, please write to Leonid Alexandrovich Morgun, Deputy Head of the Department, via Telegram: https://t.me/morgunl

Classroom: The first three digits are the room number (the first digit indicates the floor in the building).
Next comes the name of the building in abbreviated letters
ГК (MB) — main building
ЛК (LB) — laboratory building
УПМ (PU) — production unit
АК (AB) — auditorium building

Day and time: Mondays, 18:35, first lesson at 16/02/2026
Location: 414 ГК (MB)
Lecturer: I.P. Rusinov

The list of topics that will be discussed at the lectures

• The main provisions of quantum theory.
• One-particle approximation. The Born-Oppenheimer approximation.
• Periodic boundary conditions. Bloch’s theorem. Born-Karman boundary conditions.
• The Thomas-Fermi theory.
• Density functional theory. Exchange-correlation functionals.
• The Feynman-Gelman theorem. Examples of practical applications of density functional theory.
• Linear methods of density functional theory.
• Vanier functions. The strong bond method.