Course: Spin glasses by Markus Müller

Main topics

• Models, systems and basic notions in disordered systems
• Soluble models of glassy systems:
  - Random Energy Model
  - Spherical models
  
• Mean field theory of spin glasses (SK model) and supercooled liquids (p-spin models)
  
• Thouless-Anderson-Palmer approach
  
• Parisi's solution of the SK model: replica symmetry breaking and its meaning
  
• Approaches to finite dimesional spin glasses (beyond mean field theory; droplet theory; numerical approaches
  
• Cavity method: exact solutions for complex problems on large random graphs
  
• Overview of topics of current interest (quantum glasses, glasses and localization, challenges in complex systems in areas outside of physics)