Introduces advanced concepts and topics of solid-state theory. To this end a tool box that enables us to treat electron-electron interactions, and possibly also electron-phonon or phonon-phonon interactions in some well-defined, approximate way. The most advanced, yet still feasible approach, is the Green's function technique and the perturbation expansion using Feynman diagrams.

The book Advanced Solid State Theory is aimed at graduate level students interested in more advanced topics of condensed matter physics. It is self-contained in the sense that it provides the theoretical tools to calculate properties of interacting quantum systems (Elements of many-particle physics), which are then applied to a selection of subjects of interest in condensed matter physics: Dielectric theory of the solid, Transport theory and Superconductivity. Basic knowledge in the concepts of condensed matter theory as well as solid background in quantum mechanics is assumed.