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Introduction to many-body physics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coleman, Piers, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Many-body problem.
Condensed matter.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Scales and complexity
  • Quantum fields
  • Conserved particles
  • Simple examples of second-quantization
  • Green's functions
  • Landau Fermi liquid theory
  • Zero temperature Feynman diagrams
  • Finite temperature many-body physics
  • Fluctuation dissipation and linear response theory
  • Electron transport theory
  • Phase transitions and broken symmetry
  • Path integrals
  • Path integrals and itinerant magnetism
  • Superconductivity and BCS theory
  • Retardation and anisotrophic pairing
  • Local moments and the Kondo effect
  • Heavy electrons
  • Mixed valence, fluctuations and topology.