Boulevard of Broken Symmetries
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Boulevard of Broken Symmetries

Effective Field Theories of Condensed Matter

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  2. English
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Boulevard of Broken Symmetries

Effective Field Theories of Condensed Matter

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This textbook covers the main topics in contemporary condensed matter physics in a modern and unified way, using quantum field theory in the functional-integral approach. The book highlights symmetry aspects in acknowledging that much of the collective behaviors of condensed matter systems at low temperatures emerge above a nontrivial ground state, which spontaneously breaks the symmetry.

The emphasis is on effective field theories which provide an efficient and powerful description that is valid at long wavelengths and low frequencies. In conjunction with the emphasis on effective theories, a modern approach towards renormalization is taken, whereby a wavenumber cut-off is introduced to set a scale beyond which the microscopic model under consideration ceases to be valid.

The unique and innovative character of this presentation, free of historical constraints, allows for a compact and self-contained treatment of the main topics in contemporary condensed matter physics.

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Publisher
WSPC
Year
2008
ISBN
9789813107199
Topic
Scienze fisiche
Subtopic
Materia condensata

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Synopsis
  4. Notation and Conventions
  5. 1. Classical Field Theory
  6. 2. Quantum Field Theory
  7. 3. Calculation Tools
  8. 4. Bose-Einstein Condensation
  9. 5. Vortices in 2D
  10. 6. Fermi Gases
  11. 7. Magnetic Order in Fermi Systems
  12. 8. Superconductivity
  13. 9. Duality
  14. 10. From BCS to BEC
  15. 11. Superfluid 3He
  16. 12. Quantum Hall Effect
  17. Bibliography
  18. Author Index
  19. Index