Alexander Altland, Ben Simons

Condensed Matter Field Theory (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108786690
• Artikelnr.: 70912122

Autorenporträt

Alexander Altland is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cologne. He is a field theorist who has worked in various areas of condensed matter physics and neighbouring fields. His research interests include the physics of disordered and chaotic systems, and connections between condensed matter and particle physics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. 1. From particles to fields
2. Second quantization
3. Path integral
4. Perturbation theory
5. Broken symmetry and collective phenomena
6. Renormalization group
7. Response functions. Part II. 8. Topological field theory
9. Relativistic field theory
10. Gauge theory
11. Nonequilibrium (classical)
12. Nonequilibrium (quantum)
Appendix
Index.