Henrik Bruus ,Karsten Flensberg

Many-Body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics An Introduction Henrik Bruus ,Karsten Flensberg - NewYork Oxford 2004 - 437p

1:First and second quantization
2:The electron gas
3:Phonons: coupling to electrons
4:Mean field theory
5:Time evolution pictures
6:Linear response theory
7:Transport in mesoscopic systems
8:Green's functions
9:Equation of motion theory
10:Transport in interacting mesoscopic systems
11:Imaginary time Green's functions
12:Feynman diagrams and external potentials
13:Feynman diagrams and pair interactions
14:The interacting electron gas
15:Fermi liquid theory
16:Impurity scattering and conductivity
17:Green's functions and phonons
18:Superconductivity
19:1D electron gases and Luttinger liquids

Basic introduction focused on modern applications
Teaches condensed matter physics from the modern many-body quantum theory point of view
Provides students with skills necessary to read research papers in the field
Grown out of lecture notes, including a large number of pedagogical exercises
Many examples (electron systems, transport theory, etc) with sufficient detail for self-study

9780198566335

530.12 / BRU