Eleftherios N. Economou

Green's Functions in Quantum Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of a standard reference will be of interest to advanced students wishing to become familiar with the method of Green's functions for obtaining simple and general solutions to basic problems in quantum physics. The main part is devoted to the simplest kind of Green's functions, namely the solutions of linear differential equations with a -function source. It is shown that these familiar Green's functions are a powerful tool for obtaining relatively simple and general solutions of basic problems such as scattering and boundlevel information. The bound-level treatment gives a clear physical understanding of "difficult" questions such as superconductivity, the Kondo effect, and, to a lesser degree, disorder-induced localization. The more advanced subject of many-body Green's functions is presented in the last part of the book.

Produktdetails

• Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 7
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11326496, 978-3-540-28838-1
• 3rd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9783540288381
• ISBN-10: 3540288384
• Artikelnr.: 20808600

Autorenporträt

Eleftherios N. Economou, University of Crete, Heraklion-Crete, Greece

Inhaltsangabe

Green's Functions in Mathematical Physics.- Time-Independent Green's Functions.- Time-Dependent Green's Functions.- Green's Functions in One-Body Quantum Problems.- Physical Significance of G. Application to the Free-Particle Case.- Green's Functions and Perturbation Theory.- Green's Functions for Tight-Binding Hamiltonians.- Single Impurity Scattering.- Two or More Impurities; Disordered Systems.- Electrical Conductivity and Green's Functions.- Localization, Transport, and Green's Functions.- Green's Functions in Many-Body Systems.- Definitions.- Properties and Use of the Green's Functions.- Calculational Methods for g.- Applications.

Rezensionen

"The main purpose of this book is to provide graduate students, and also experienced researchers, with a clear and quite detailed survey of the applications of Green's functions in different modern fields of quantum physics. ... In summary, this book is a good manual for people who want to understand the physics and the various applications of Green's functions in modern fields of physics. It can also be used as a starting point for studying numerical analysis in condensed matter theory." -- Jean-Yves-Fortin, Mathematical Reviews, Issue, 2007 i

From the reviews of the third edition: "The main purpose of this book is to provide graduate students, and also experienced researchers, with a clear and quite detailed survey of the applications of Green's functions in different modern fields of quantum physics. ... In summary, this book is a good manual for people who want to understand the physics and the various applications of Green's functions in modern fields of physics. It can also be used as a starting point for studying numerical analysis in condensed matter theory." (Jean-Yves-Fortin, Mathematical Reviews, Issue, 2007 i)