Low-dimensional quantum field theories for condensed matter physicists : lecture notes of ICTP Summer Course, Trieste, Italy, September 1992 /

This volume contains a set of pedagogical reviews covering the most recent applications of low-dimensional quantum field theory in condensed matter physics, written by experts who have made major contributions to this rapidly developing field of research. The main purpose is to introduce active youn...

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Corporate Authors: ICTP Summer Course Trieste, Italy); International Centre for Theoretical Physics.; World Scientific (Firm)
Group Author: Lundqvist, Stig, 1925- (Editor); Morandi, Giuseppe (Editor); Yu, Lu, 1937- (Editor)
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 1995.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Series on modern condensed matter physics ; v. 6
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/2634#t=toc
Summary: This volume contains a set of pedagogical reviews covering the most recent applications of low-dimensional quantum field theory in condensed matter physics, written by experts who have made major contributions to this rapidly developing field of research. The main purpose is to introduce active young researchers to new ideas and new techniques which are not covered by the standard textbooks.
Item Description: At head of title: International Centre for Theoretical Physics.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix,611pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9789814447027
CLC: O413.3-532
Contents: Some geometry and topology / G. Marmo and G. Morandi -- Gauge symmetries, topology and quantisation / A.P. Balachandran -- The Chern-Simons-Landau-Ginzburg theory of the fractional quantum hall effect (reprint from Int. J. of Mod. Phys. B, Vol. 6, p. 25-58, 1992) / S.C. Zhang -- Universitality in the fractional quantum Hall / E. Fradkin and A. Lopez -- Anyons and anyon superconductivity / A.L. Fetter -- Bosonization: how to make it work for you in condensed matter (reprint from "Current Topics in Condensed Matter and Particle Physics", eds. J. Pati, Q. Shafi and Yu Lu, World Sci., pp. 83-177) / R. Shankar -- Methods of conformal field theory in condensed matter physics / A.W.W. Ludwig -- Integrable models in condensed matter physics / N. Andrei -- Quantum antiferromagnets in two dimensions / S. Sachdev.