Bosonization of interacting fermions in arbitrary dimensions /

The author presents in detail a new non-perturbative approach to the fermionic many-body problem, improving the bosonization technique and generalizing it to dimensions d>1 via functional integration and Hubbard--Stratonovich transformations. In Part I he clearly illustrates the approximations an...

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Main Author: Kopietz, Peter
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997.
Series:Lecture notes in physics. Monographs ; 48.
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Summary:The author presents in detail a new non-perturbative approach to the fermionic many-body problem, improving the bosonization technique and generalizing it to dimensions d>1 via functional integration and Hubbard--Stratonovich transformations. In Part I he clearly illustrates the approximations and limitations inherent in higher-dimensional bosonization and derives the precise relation with diagrammatic perturbation theory. He shows how the non-linear terms in the energy dispersion can be systematically included into bosonization in arbitrary d, so that in d>1 the curvature of the Fermi surface can be taken into account. Part II gives applications to problems of physical interest, such as coupled metallic chains, electron-phonon interactions, disordered electrons, and electrons coupled to transverse gauge fields. The book addresses researchers and graduate students in theoretical condensed matter physics.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 259 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-255)and index.
ISBN:9783540684954 (electronic bk.)
3540684956 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0940-7677 ;