Overview

This book is an introduction to the techniques of many-body quantum theory with a large number of applications to condensed matter physics. The basic idea of the book is to provide a self-contained formulation of the theoretical framework without losing mathematical rigor, while at the same time providing physical motivation and examples. The examples are taken from applications in electron systems and transport theory.On the formal side, the book covers an introduction to second quantization, many-body Green's function, finite temperature Feynman diagrams and bosonization. The applications include traditional transport theory in bulk as well as mesoscopic systems, where both the Landau-Büttiker formalism and recent developments in correlated transport phenomena in mesoscopic systems and nano-structures are covered. Other topics include interacting electron gases, plasmons, electron-phonon interactions, superconductivity and a final chapter on one-dimensional systems where a detailed treatment of Luttinger liquid theory and bosonization techniques is given.Having grown out of a set of lecture notes, and containing many pedagogical exercises, this book is designed as a textbook for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course, and is also well suited for self-study.

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Author:   Henrik Bruus (, MIC - Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) ,  Karsten Flensberg (, Oersted Laboratory, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.922kg
ISBN:  

9780198566335

ISBN 10:   0198566336
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   02 September 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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 A: Fourier transformations B: Exercises C: Index

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... well-designed for its target audience, [...] a well-written manuscript with a good selection of topics. Derek Lee, Imperial College London

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Henrik Bruus, MIC - Dept of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark Karsten Flensberg, Oersted Laboratory, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark

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