Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shankar, Ramamurti
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: [2018]
©2017
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
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