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Introduction to many-body physics / Piers Coleman.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC174.17.P7 C64 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coleman, Piers, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Many-body problem.
- Condensed matter.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 796 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jessie A. Rodman Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521864886
- 0521864887
- OCLC:
- 907132490
- Publisher Number:
- 99968478418
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