Introduction to Many-Body Physics
Cambridge University Press, 11/26/2015
EAN 9780521864886, ISBN10: 0521864887
Hardcover, 810 pages, 24.6 x 18.9 x 3.7 cm
Language: English
A modern, graduate-level introduction to many-body physics in condensed matter, this textbook explains the tools and concepts needed for a research-level understanding of the correlated behavior of quantum fluids. Starting with an operator-based introduction to the quantum field theory of many-body physics, this textbook presents the Feynman diagram approach, Green's functions and finite-temperature many-body physics before developing the path integral approach to interacting systems. Special chapters are devoted to the concepts of Fermi liquid theory, broken symmetry, conduction in disordered systems, superconductivity and the physics of local-moment metals. A strong emphasis on concepts and numerous exercises make this an invaluable course book for graduate students in condensed matter physics. It will also interest students in nuclear, atomic and particle physics.
Introduction
1. Scales and complexity
2. Quantum fields
3. Conserved particles
4. Simple examples of second-quantization
5. Green's functions
6. Landau Fermi liquid theory
7. Zero temperature Feynman diagrams
8. Finite temperature many-body physics
9. Fluctuation dissipation and linear response theory
10. Electron transport theory
11. Phase transitions and broken symmetry
12. Path integrals
13. Path integrals and itinerant magnetism
14. Superconductivity and BCS theory
15. Retardation and anisotrophic pairing
16. Local moments and the Kondo effect
17. Heavy electrons
18. Mixed valence, fluctuations and topology
19. Epilogue
the challenge of the future
Index.