Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics
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inc GSTThis book is a course in modern quantum field theory as seen through the eyes of a theorist working in condensed matter physics. It contains a gentle introduction to the subject and therefore can be used even by graduate students. The introductory parts include a derivation of the path integral representation, Feynman diagrams and elements of the theory of metals including a discussion of Landau–Fermi liquid theory. In later chapters the discussion gradually turns to more advanced methods used in the theory of strongly correlated systems. The book contains a thorough exposition of such non-perturbative techniques as 1/N-expansion, bosonization (Abelian and non-Abelian), conformal field theory and theory of integrable systems. The book is intended for graduate students, postdoctoral associates and independent researchers working in condensed matter physics.
- New edition of a successful and well-reviewed graduate textbook
- Greatly expanded and improved
- Ideal for graduate courses in condensed matter physics
Reviews & endorsements
From reviews of the first edition: '… bridges the gap in the current research literature on low-dimensional electron and spin model systems … I expect my copy to become one of the more ratty items on my shelf.' Physics Today
'Throughout the whole book, the key concepts of QFT related to condensed matter physics are concisely introduced, with examples and excercises added at the end of the chapters when necessary and references listed for each chapter …' Materials Research Bulletin
Product details
January 2007Paperback
9780521529808
380 pages
244 × 170 × 20 mm
0.61kg
99 b/w illus. 4 tables 17 exercises
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Introduction to Methods:
- 1. QFT: language and goals
- 2. Connection between quantum and classical: path integrals
- 3. Definitions of correlation functions: Wick's theorem
- 4. Free bosonic field in an external field
- 5. Perturbation theory: Feynman diagrams
- 6. Calculation methods for diagram series: divergences and their elimination
- 7. Renormalization group procedures
- 8. O(N)-symmetric vector model below the transition point
- 9. Nonlinear sigma models in two dimensions: renormalization group and 1/N-expansion
- 10. O(3) nonlinear sigma model in the strong coupling limit
- Part II. Fermions:
- 11. Path integral and Wick's theorem for fermions
- 12. Interaction electrons: the Fermi liquid
- 13. Electrodynamics in metals
- 14. Relativistic fermions: aspects of quantum electrodynamics
- 15. Aharonov-Bohm effect and transmutation of statistics
- Part III. Strongly Fluctuating Spin Systems: Introduction
- 16. Schwinger-Wigner quantization procedure: nonlinear sigma models
- 17. O(3) nonlinear sigma model in (2+1) dimensions: the phase diagram
- 18. Order from disorder
- 19. Jordan-Wigner transformations for spin S=1/2 models in D=1, 2, 3
- 20. Majorana representation for spin S=1/2 magnets: relationship to Z2 lattice gauge theories
- 21. Path integral representations for a doped antiferromagnet
- Part IV. Physics in the World of One Spatial Dimension: Introduction
- 22. Model of the free bosonic massless scalar field
- 23. Relevant and irrelevant fields
- 24. Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
- 25. Conformal symmetry
- 26. Virasoro algebra
- 27. Differential equations for the correlation functions
- 28. Ising model
- 29. One-dimensional spinless fermions: Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid
- 30. One-dimensional fermions with spin: spin-charge separation
- 31. Kac-Moody algebras: Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten model
- 32. Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten model in the Lagrangian form: non-Abelian bosonization
- 33. Semiclassical approach to Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten models
- 34. Integrable models: dynamical mass generation
- 35. A comparative study of dynamical mass generation in one and three dimensions
- 36. One-dimensional spin liquids: spin ladder and spin S=1 Heisenberg chain
- 37. Kondo chain
- 38. Gauge fixing in non-Abelian theories: (1+1)-dimensional quantum chromodynamics
- Select bibliography
- Index.
