Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics

✍ Scribed by Professor Naoto Nagaosa (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 213
• Series: Texts and Monographs in Physics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book covers a broad range of important topics and recent developments in this field. First, the general language of quantum field theory is developed in a way appropriate for dealing with systems having a large number of degrees of freedom. This paves the way for a description of the basic processes in such systems, the emphasis being on phase transitions. Applications include various aspects of superfluidity and superconductivity, as well as a detailed description of the fractional quantum Hall liquid.
This monograph addresses graduate students and researchers working in related disciplines looking for an approachable but thorough introduction to the field of condensed matter physics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Review of Quantum Mechanics and Basic Principles of Field Theory....Pages 1-26
Quantization with Path Integral Methods....Pages 27-50
Symmetry Breaking and Phase Transition....Pages 51-89
Simple Examples for the Application of Field Theory....Pages 91-111
Problems Related to Superconductivity....Pages 113-160
Quantum Hall Liquid and the Chern-Simons Gauge Field....Pages 161-191
Back Matter....Pages 193-206

✦ Subjects

Condensed Matter Physics; Mathematical Methods in Physics