This book provides a pedagogical introduction to the concepts and methods of quantum field theory necessary for the study of condensed matter and ultracold atomic gases. After a thorough discussion of the basic methods of field theory and many-body physics (functional integrals, perturbation theory, Feynman diagrams, correlation functions and linear response theory, symmetries and their consequences, etc.), the book covers a wide range of topics, from electron gas and Fermi-liquid theory to superfluidity and superconductivity, magnetic instabilities in electron systems, and dynamical mean-field theory of Mott transition. The focus is on the study of model Hamiltonians, where the microscopic physics and characteristic energy scales are encoded into a few effective parameters, rather than first-principle methods which start from a realistic Hamiltonian at the microscopic level and then make material-specific predictions. The reader is expected to be familiar with elementary quantum mechanics and statistical physics, and some acquaintance with condensed-matter physics and ultracold gases may also be useful. No prior knowledge of field theory or many-body problem is required.
Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms
- List of Symbols and Notations
- Functional Integrals, Symmetries, and Correlation Functions:
- Functional Integrals
- Symmetries
- Correlation and Response Functions
- Quantum Many-Body Systems (I):
- Fermi-Liquid Theory
- The Electron Gas
- Magnetism in Lattice Fermion Systems
- Superfluidity and Superconductivity
- Quantum Magnetism
- Baym–Kadanoff Formalism
- Index
Readership: Academics, physicists, chemists, biologists, historians of sciences.
This book provides a pedagogical introduction to the concepts and methods of quantum field theory necessary for the study of condensed matter and ultracold atomic gases. After a thorough discussion of the basic methods of field theory and many-body physics (functional integrals, perturbation theory, Feynman diagrams, correlation functions and linear response theory, symmetries and their consequences, etc.), the book covers a wide range of topics, from electron gas and Fermi-liquid theory to superfluidity and superconductivity, magnetic instabilities in electron systems, and dynamical mean-field theory of Mott transition. The focus is on the study of model Hamiltonians, where the microscopic physics and characteristic energy scales are encoded into a few effective parameters, rather than first-principle methods which start from a realistic Hamiltonian at the microscopic level and then make material-specific predictions. The reader is expected to be familiar with elementary quantum mechanics and statistical physics, and some acquaintance with condensed-matter physics and ultracold gases may also be useful. No prior knowledge of field theory or many-body problem is required.
Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms
- List of Symbols and Notations
- Functional Integrals, Symmetries, and Correlation Functions:
- Functional Integrals
- Symmetries
- Correlation and Response Functions
- Quantum Many-Body Systems (I):
- Fermi-Liquid Theory
- The Electron Gas
- Magnetism in Lattice Fermion Systems
- Superfluidity and Superconductivity
- Quantum Magnetism
- Baym–Kadanoff Formalism
- Index
Readership: Academics, physicists, chemists, biologists, historians of sciences.
FIELD THEO CONDENSED MATTER (V1): Volume 1
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FIELD THEO CONDENSED MATTER (V1): Volume 1
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800613928 |
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| Publisher: | WSPC (EUROPE) |
| Publication date: | 07/26/2023 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 688 |
| File size: | 96 MB |
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