Statistical physics. Part 2, Theory of the condensed state / by E. M. Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii ; translated from the Russian by J. B. Sykes and M. J. Kearsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lifshitz, E. M., author.

Pitaevskii, L. P., author.

Contributor:

Sykes, J. B., translator.

Kearsley, M. J. (Mary Jennifer), 1931-2013, translator.

Series:

Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968. English ; Teoreticheskai͡a fizika. Volume 9.

Course of Theoretical Physics ; Volume 9

Course of Theoretical Physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistical physics.

Condensed matter.

Quantum liquids.

Green's functions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995.

Summary:

The second part of 'Statistical Physics' deals with the quantum theory of the condensed state of matter. This volume is essentially an entirely new book, based on the large amount of new material which has become available in statistical physics since' Part 1' was published.

Contents:

Front Cover; Statistical Physics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Notation; CHAPTER I. THE NORMAL FERMI LIQUID; 1. Elementary exitations in a quantum Fermi liquid; 2. Interaction of quasi-particles; 3. Magnetic susceptibility of a Fermi liquid; 4. Zero sound; 5. Spin waves in a Fermi liquid; 6. A degenerate almost ideal Fermi gas with repulsion between the particles; CHAPTER II. GREEN'S FUNCTIONS IN A FERMI SYSTEM AT T=0; 7. Green's functions in a macroscopic system; 8. Determination of the enregy spectrum from the Green's function

9. Green's function of an ideal Fermi gas 10. Particle momentum distribution in a Fermi liquid; 11. Calculation of thermodynamic quantities from the Green's function; 12. ψ operators in the interaction representation; 13. The diagram technique for Fermi systems; 14. The self-energy function; 15. The two-particle Green's function; 16. The relation of the vertex function of the quasi-particle scattering amplitude; 17. The vertex function for small momentum transfers; 18. The relation of the vertex function to the quasi-particle interaction function

19. Identities for derivatives of the Green's function 20. Derivation of the relation between the limiting momentum and the density; 21. Green's function of an almost ideal Fermi gas; CHAPTER III. SUPERFLUIDITY; 22. Elementary excitations in a quantum Bose liquid; 23. Superfluidity; 24. Phonons in a liquid; 25. A degenerate almost ideal Bose gas; 26. The wave function of the condensate; 27. Temperature dependence of the condensate density; 28. Behaviour of the superfluid density near the λ -point; 29. Quantized vortex filaments

30. A vortex filament in an almost ideal Bose gas 31. Green's functions in a Bose liquid; 32. The diagram technique for a Bose liquid; 33. Self-energy functions; 34. Disintegration of quasi-particles; 35. Properties of the spectrum near its termination point; CHAPTER IV. GREEN'S FUNCTIONS AT NON-ZERO TEMPERATURES; 36. Green's functions at non-zero temperatures; 37. Temperature Green's functions; 38. The diagram technique for temperature Green's functions; CHAPTER V. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; 39. A superfluid Fermi gas. The energy spectrum

40. A superfluid Fermi gas. Thermodynamic properties 41. Green's functions in a superfluid Fermi gas; 42. Temperature Green's functions in a superfluid Fermi gas; 43. Superconductivity in metals; 44. The superconductivity current; 45. The Ginzburg-Landau equations; 46. Surface tension at the boundary of superconducting and normal phases; 47. The two types of superconductor; 48. The structure of the mixed state; 49. Diamagnetic susceptibility above the transition point; 50. The Josephson effect; 51. Relation between current and magnetic field in a superconductor

52. Depth of penetration of a magnetic field into a superconductor

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 15, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Lifshitz, E. M. Statistical physics. Part 2, Theory of the condensed state.

ISBN:

9780080503509

0-7506-2636-4