Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction /
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Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: |
[2018] ©2017 |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Item Description: | Reprinted 2018. |
Carrier Form: | xiv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780521592109 0521592100 |
Index Number: | QC174 |
CLC: |
O469 O413.3 |
Call Number: | O413.3/S528 |
Contents: | Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics review -- Ising model in d = 0 and d = 1 -- Statistical to quantum mechanics -- Quantum to statistical mechanics -- Feynman path integral -- Coherent state path integrals for spins, bosons and fermions -- The two-dimensional Ising model -- Exact solution of the two-dimensional Ising model -- Majorana fermions -- Gauge theories -- The renormalization group -- Critical phenomena: the puzzle and resolution -- RG for the [phi]4 model -- Two views of renormalization -- RG for non-relativistic fermions: I -- RG for non-relativistic fermions: II -- Bosonizat |