Quantum Field Theory and Condensed Matter
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Quantum Field Theory and Condensed Matter

An Introduction

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Quantum Field Theory and Condensed Matter

An Introduction

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Providing a broad review of many techniques and their application to condensed matter systems, this book begins with a review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, before moving onto real and imaginary time path integrals and the link between Euclidean quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. A detailed study of the Ising, gauge-Ising and XY models is included. The renormalization group isdeveloped and applied to critical phenomena, Fermi liquid theory and the renormalization of field theories. Next, the book explores bosonization and its applications to one-dimensional fermionic systems and the correlation functions of homogeneous and random-bond Ising models. It concludes with Bohm–Pines and Chern–Simons theories applied to the quantum Hall effect. Introducing the reader to a variety of techniques, it opens up vast areas of condensed matter theory for both graduate students and researchers in theoretical, statistical and condensed matter physics.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781108365024
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Mathematical & Computational Physics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Review
  9. 2 The Ising Model in d=0 and d=1
  10. 3 Statistical to Quantum Mechanics
  11. 4 Quantum to Statistical Mechanics
  12. 5 The Feynman Path Integral
  13. 6 Coherent State Path Integrals for Spins, Bosons, and Fermions
  14. 7 The Two-Dimensional Ising Model
  15. 8 Exact Solution of the Two-Dimensional Ising Model
  16. 9 Majorana Fermions
  17. 10 Gauge Theories
  18. 11 The Renormalization Group
  19. 12 Critical Phenomena: The Puzzle and Resolution
  20. 13 Renormalization Group for the φ<sup>4<sup> Model
  21. 14 Two Views of Renormalization
  22. 15 Renormalization Group for Non-Relativistic Fermions: I
  23. 16 Renormalization Group for Non-Relativistic Fermions: II
  24. 17 Bosonization I: The Fermion–Boson Dictionary
  25. 18 Bosonization II: Selected Applications
  26. 19 Duality and Triality
  27. 20 Techniques for the Quantum Hall Effect
  28. Index