{"product_id":"introduction-to-many-body-physics-hardback-9780521864886","title":"Introduction to Many-Body Physics (Hardback) 9780521864886","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIntroduction to Many-Body Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explains the tools and concepts needed for a research-level understanding of the subject, for graduate students in condensed matter physics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePiers Coleman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521864886, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e810 pages, 161 b\/w illus.  229 colour illus.  10 tables  30 exercises\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 19.8 x 3.7 cm, 1.92 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… the field has advanced tremendously since the 1960s. Subsequent decades saw great progress in addressing new many-body systems - such as those exhibiting the Kondo effect, disordered systems, superfluid helium-3, and unconventional superconductors - and the development of new tools, such as functional integrals and the renormalization group. Students and instructors of quantum many-body physics need an updated, modern textbook that covers those developments. [This book] successfully fills the need. Coleman, an eminent condensed-matter theorist at Rutgers University, covers his subject with pedagogical flair and attention to detail … A reader who has mastered the material in this excellent book should be in a strong position to take on problems that have resisted conventional solutions.' Mohit Randeria, Physics Today\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Scales and complexity\u003cbr\u003e 2. Quantum fields\u003cbr\u003e 3. Conserved particles\u003cbr\u003e 4. Simple examples of second-quantization\u003cbr\u003e 5. Green's functions\u003cbr\u003e 6. Landau Fermi liquid theory\u003cbr\u003e 7. Zero temperature Feynman diagrams\u003cbr\u003e 8. Finite temperature many-body physics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Fluctuation dissipation and linear response theory\u003cbr\u003e 10. Electron transport theory\u003cbr\u003e 11. Phase transitions and broken symmetry\u003cbr\u003e 12. Path integrals\u003cbr\u003e 13. Path integrals and itinerant magnetism\u003cbr\u003e 14. Superconductivity and BCS theory\u003cbr\u003e 15. Retardation and anisotrophic pairing\u003cbr\u003e 16. Local moments and the Kondo effect\u003cbr\u003e 17. Heavy electrons\u003cbr\u003e 18. Mixed valence, fluctuations and topology\u003cbr\u003e 19. Epilogue: the challenge of the future\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Statistical physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Statistical physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Statistical%20physics%20%5BPHS%5D%22\"\u003ePHS\u003c\/a\u003e], Condensed matter physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Condensed matter physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Condensed%20matter%20physics%20%5Bliquid%20state%20\u0026amp;%20solid%20state%20physics%5D%20%5BPHFC%5D%22\"\u003eliquid state \u0026amp; solid state physics PHFC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000829464856,"sku":"9780521864886","price":61.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521864886i_12353392-9e58-4ddb-a6ef-e665cdc7604b.jpg?v=1691358598","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/introduction-to-many-body-physics-hardback-9780521864886","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}