Green's Functions and Condensed Matter (eBook)

G. Rickayzen (Autor)

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2013
368 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-31586-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Presentation of the basic theoretical formulation of Green's functions, followed by specific applications: transport coefficients of a metal, Coulomb gas, Fermi liquids, electrons and phonons, superconductivity, superfluidity, and magnetism. 1984 edition.

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Green's functions, named for the mathematician who developed them in the 1830s, possess applications in many areas of physics. This volume presents the basic theoretical formulation, followed by specific applications, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in the area of condensed matter physics.Beginning with a description of Green's function in classical physics from a modern point of view, the text progresses to the definition and properties of Green's functions in quantum physics. Most of the book explores applications, focusing on transport coefficients of a metal, the Coulomb gas, Fermi liquids, electrons and phonons, superconductivity, superfluidity, and magnetism. The treatment assumes a good working knowledge of quantum mechanics and a familiarity with the occupation number representation. An appendix provides the main formulas and the correspondence with wave mechanics. Each chapter concludes with references and problems for further study.

Autor

G. Rickayzen is a research scientist in the Division of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Inhalt

Preface1. Introduction or Why Green's Functions?2. Formal Matters3. General Approximations4. Transport Coefficients of a Metal5. The Coulomb Gas6. Landau's Theory of Normal Fermi Liquids7. Electrons and Phonons8. Superconductivity9. Superfluidity10. Magnetism11. Disordered Systems12. Critical BehaviourAppendix A. Summary of the Results of Second QuantizationAppendix B. The Sums of a Certain SeriesSubject Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.6.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Books on Physics
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• Schlagworte: advanced math • basic theoretical formulation • BCS theory • Condensed Matter • Coulomb Gas • electrons and phonons • Equation of Motion • fermi liquids • ferromagnetic fields • Feynman diagrams • graduate • Green's Functions • Greens Functions • g rickayzen • magnetism • Math • Mathematics • occupation number representation • quantum field theory • quantum mechanics • Quantum Physics • Science • science, condensed matter, physics, greens functions, applications, basic theoretical formulation, transport coefficients of metal, coulomb gas, fermi liquids, electrons and phonons, superconductivity, superfluidity, magnetism, g rickayzen, equation of motion, ferromagnetic fields, quantum mechanics • solids • statics • Superconductivity • Superfluidity • Textbook • transport coefficients of metal • undergraduates • wave mechanics
• ISBN-10: 0-486-31586-X / 048631586X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-31586-7 / 9780486315867