Quantum Many-Body Physics in a Nutshell (eBook)

Edward Shuryak (Autor)

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2018
312 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18496-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The ideal textbook for a one-semester introductory course for graduate students or advanced undergraduatesThis book provides an essential introduction to the physics of quantum many-body systems, which are at the heart of atomic and nuclear physics, condensed matter, and particle physics. Unlike other textbooks on the subject, it covers topics across a broad range of physical fields—phenomena as well as theoretical tools—and does so in a simple and accessible way.Edward Shuryak begins with Feynman diagrams of the quantum and statistical mechanics of a particle; in these applications, the diagrams are easy to calculate and there are no divergencies. He discusses the renormalization group and illustrates its uses, and covers systems such as weakly and strongly coupled Bose and Fermi gases, electron gas, nuclear matter, and quark-gluon plasmas. Phenomena include Bose condensation and superfluidity. Shuryak also looks at Cooper pairing and superconductivity for electrons in metals, liquid ³He, nuclear matter, and quark-gluon plasma. A recurring topic throughout is topological matter, ranging from ensembles of quantized vortices in superfluids and superconductors to ensembles of colored (QCD) monopoles and instantons in the QCD vacuum.Proven in the classroom, Quantum Many-Body Physics in a Nutshell is the ideal textbook for a one-semester introductory course for graduate students or advanced undergraduates.Teaches students how quantum many-body systems work across many fields of physicsUses path integrals from the very beginningFeatures the easiest introduction to Feynman diagrams availableDraws on the most recent findings, including trapped Fermi and Bose atomic gasesGuides students from traditional systems, such as electron gas and nuclear matter, to more advanced ones, such as quark-gluon plasma and the QCD vacuum

Autor

Edward Shuryak is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author of The QCD Vacuum, Hadrons, and Superdense Matter.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.11.2018
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Bose–Einstein condensate • Bose–Einstein statistics • Bose Gas • Calculation • chemical potential • Chiral anomaly • Chiral Magnetic Effect • Chiral Symmetry Breaking • classical electromagnetism • coefficient • Color superconductivity • Condensed matter physics • Cooper pair • Correlation function (quantum field theory) • Cross section (physics) • Dirac equation • Dirac String • Eightfold Way (physics) • Electron magnetic moment • elementary particle • Excitation (magnetic) • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • Fermi–Dirac statistics • Fermi energy • Fermi Gas • Fermi Liquid Theory • Fermion • Fermionic field • Fermi surface • Feynman diagram • Four-fermion interactions • Gauge Theory • Gluon • Gravitational Wave • Harmonic oscillator • Heisenberg model (quantum) • Inelastic neutron scattering • instanton • Lagrangian (field theory) • magnetic dipole • Magnetic field • magnetic monopole • Massless particle • Modern Physics • Moduli (physics) • Momentum • Neutrino • Neutron • neutron star • nuclear physics • Nucleon • Order of magnitude • Particle decay • Particle number • Partition function (statistical mechanics) • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • phase transition • Photon • physicist • Physics Letters • Plasma (physics) • Propagator • QCD matter • QCD Vacuum • Quantum Chromodynamics • Quantum Computing • quantum electrodynamics • quantum field theory • Quantum fluctuation • Quantum fluid • quantum harmonic oscillator • quantum mechanics • Quantum number • Quantum oscillations (experimental technique) • quantum state • quantum statistical mechanics • quantum system • quantum tunnelling • quantum vortex • Quark • Quark–gluon plasma • quark model • quasiparticle • Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider • renormalization • Renormalization Group • Scalar Field • Scalar (physics) • scattering • Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking • Statistical Mechanics • Superconductivity • Superfluidity • Supersymmetric gauge theory • Supersymmetry • Temperature • Topological quantum number • Unitarity (physics) • Virtual particle • vortex ring
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18496-8 / 0691184968
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18496-8 / 9780691184968