Field Theories for Low-Dimensional Condensed Matter Systems: Spin Systems and Strongly Correlated Electrons

by Guiseppe Morandi (Editor), Pasquale Sodano (Editor), Arturo Tagliacozzo (Editor), Valerio Tognetti (Editor)

Overview

This book is especially addressed to young researchers in theoretical physics with a basic background in Field Theory and Condensed Matter Physics. The topics were chosen so as to offer the largest possible overlap between the two expertises, selecting a few key problems in Condensed Matter Theory which have been recently revisited within a field-theoretic approach. The presentation of the material is aimed not only at providing the reader with an overview of this exciting frontier area of modern theoretical physics, but also at elucidating most of the tools needed for a technical comprehen­ sion of the many papers appearing in current issues of physics journals and, hopefully, to enable the reader to tackle research problems in this area of physics. This makes the material a live creature: while not pretending it to be exhaustive, it is tutorial enough to be useful to young researchers as a starting point in anyone of the topics covered in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642086502
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/10/2010
Series:	Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences , #131
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Fermi Liquids and Luttinger Liquids.- 3 Quantum Number Fractionalization in Antiferromagnets.- 4 Conformal Field Theory Approach to Quantum Impurity Problems.- 5 Quantum Magnetism Approaches to Strongly Correlated Electrons.- 6 Introduction to Some Common Topics in Gauge Theory and Spin Systems.- 7 Quantum Chaos and Transport in Mesoscopic Systems.

Editorial Reviews

If you are a researcher in theoretical physics with a background in field theory and condensed matter physics, you will find this book a delight. It contains what a good book should offer: the right insight presented by person with taste for relevance…In my opinion, even if one knows the subject, it pays to have a look at the book since one can find the personal touch of people who made major contributions to the subject.

-Vladimir Rittenberg

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

University of Melbourne

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