Piers ColemanCambridge University Press, 11/26/2015EAN 9780521864886, ISBN10: 0521864887Hardcover, 810 pages, 24.6 x 18.9 x 3.7 cmLanguage: EnglishA 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.Introduction1. Scales and complexity2. Quantum fields3. Conserved particles4. Simple examples of second-quantization5. Green's functions6. Landau Fermi liquid theory7. Zero temperature Feynman diagrams8. Finite temperature many-body physics9. Fluctuation dissipation and linear response theory10. Electron transport theory11. Phase transitions and broken symmetry12. Path integrals13. Path integrals and itinerant magnetism14. Superconductivity and BCS theory15. Retardation and anisotrophic pairing16. Local moments and the Kondo effect17. Heavy electrons18. Mixed valence, fluctuations and topology19. Epiloguethe challenge of the futureIndex.
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