Recent Progress In Many-body Theories - Proceedings Of The 12th International Conference

by Joseph Carlson (Editor), Gerardo Ortiz (Editor)

Overview

Quantum many-body theory has greatly expanded its scope and depth over the past few years, treating more deeply long-standing issues like phase transitions and strongly-correlated systems, and simultaneously expanding into new areas such as cold atom physics and quantum information. This collection of contributions highlights recent advances in all these areas by leaders in their respective fields. Also included are some historic perspectives by L P Gor'kov and S T Belyaev, Feenberg Medal Recipients at this conference, and Nobel Laureate P W Anderson gives his unique outlook on the future of physics.The volume covers the key topics in many-body theory, tied together through advances in theoretical tools and computational techniques, and a unifying theme of fundamental approaches to quantum many-body physics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789812569578
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/26/2006
Series:	Series On Advances In Quantum Many-body Theory , #9
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface     v
International Advisory Committee     xii
Feenberg Medal Session     1
Surface and Superconductivity   L. P. Gor'kov     3
Spartak T. Belyaev - Recipient of the Feenberg Medal   V. Zelevinsky     8
Many-Body Physics and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking   S. T. Belyaev     13
Keynote Speaker     25
The Future Lies Ahead   P. W. Anderson     27
Strongly Correlated Systems and Phase Transitions     31
Exact Results for Many-Body Problems Using Few-Body Methods   J. Cardy     33
Quantum Matters: Physics Beyond Landau's Paradigms   T. Senthil     41
Microscopic Calculations of Quantum Phase Transitions in Frustrated Magnetic Lattices   R. F. Bishop   S. E. Kruger     50
Recent Applications of the DMRG Method   K. Hallberg     62
Functional Renormalization Group in the 2D Hubbard Model   C. Honerkamp     74
Quantum Phase Transitions and Event Horizons: Condensed Matter Analogies   G. Chapline     85
Spin-Charge Separation and Topological Phase Transitions in Aharnov-Bohm Rings of Interacting Electrons   B. Normand   K. Hallberg   A. A. Aligia   A. P. Kampf     89
Quantum Fluids and Solids     95
Two-Particle-Two-Hole Excitations in [superscript 3]He   E. Krotscheck   H. M. Bohm   K. Schorkhuber     97
Monolayer Charged Quantum Films: A Quantum Simulation Study   K. Wierschem   E. Manousakis     107
Can Inconmensuration Stabilize a Superfluid Phase of Para-Hydrogen?   M. Boninsegni     117
Analysis of the Interatomic Potential of the Helium Systems   S. Ujevic   S. A. Vitiello     122
Nuclear Physics and QCD     127
Quantum Phase Transitions in Mesoscopic Systems   F. Iachello     129
Nuclear-Structure Theory in the Search for New Fundamental Physics   J. Engel     137
Matter at Extreme Density and its Role in Neutron Stars and Supernova   S. Reddy     146
New Approaches to Strong Coupling Lattice QCD   S. Chandrasekharan     156
Nuclear Interactions from the Renormalization Group   A. Schwenk     166
Random Interactions and Ground State Spin of Finite Fermi Systems   V. Zelevinsky   A. Volya     172
Cold Atoms and Quantum Information     181
Superfluid Regimes in Degenerate Atomic Fermi Gases   G. V. Shlyapnikov     183
Bosons in Optical Lattices   S. L. Rolston     199
Generalized Entanglement and Quantum Phase Transitions   R. Somma   H. Barnum   E. Knill   G. Ortiz   L. Viola     204
Ground State of Many-Body Lattice Systems via a Central Limit Theorem   C. Presilla   M. Ostilli     214
Effects of a Single Quantum Spin on Josephson Oscillations   M. Hruska   L. Bulaevskii   A. Shnirman   D. Smith     223
Complex Systems     229
Spin Textures and Random Fields in Dirty Quantum Hall Ferromagnets   J. T. Chalker     231
Dissipative Quantum Disordered Models   L. F. Cugliandolo     241
Possibly Exact Solution for the Multicritical Point of Finite-Dimensional Spin Glasses   H. Nishimori   K. Takeda   T. Sasamoto     251
From Statistical Physics Methods to Algorithms   D. Battaglia   M. Kolar   R. Zecchina     260