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作者简介

Modern experimental developments in condensed matter and ultracold atom physics present formidable challenges to theorists. This book provides a pedagogical introduction to quan-tum field theory in many particle physics, emphasizing the applicability of the formalism to concrete problems.

This second edition contains two new chapters developing path integral approaches to classical and quantum nonequilibrium phenomena. Other chapters cover a range of topics, from the introduction of many-body techniques and functional integration, to renormaliza-tion group methods, the theory of response functions, and topology. Conceptual aspects and formal methodology are emphasized, but the discussion focuses on practical experimental applications drawn largely from condensed matter physics and neighboring fields.

Extended and challenging problems with fully–worked solutions provide a bridge between formal manipulations and research-oriented thinking. Aimed at elevating graduate students to a level where they can engage in independent research, this book complements graduate level courses on many particle theory.

书籍目录

Preface

1 From particles to fields

1.1 Classical harmonic chain： phonons

1.2 Functional analysis and variational principles

1.3 Maxwell’s equations as a variational principle

1.4 Quantum chain

1.5 Quantum electrodynamics

1.6 Noether’s theorem

1.7 Summary and outlook

1.8 Problems

2 Second quantization

2.1 Introduction to second quantization

2.2 Applications of second quantization

2.3 Summary and outlook

2.4 Problems

3 Feynman path integral

3.1 The path integral： general formalism

3.2 Construction of the path integral

3.3 Applications of the Feynman path integral

3.4 Problems

3.5 Problems

4 Functional field integral

4.1 Construction of the many—body path integral

4.2 Field integral for the quantum partition function

4.3 Field theoretical bosonization： a case study

4.4 Summary and outlook

4.5 Problems

5 Perturbation theory

5.1 General structures and low—order expansions

5.2 Ground state energy of the interacting electron gas

5.3 Infinite—order expansions

5.4 Summary and outlook

5.5 Problems

6 Broken symmetry and collective phenomena

6.1 Mean—field theory

6.2 Plasma theory of the interacting electron gas

6.3 Bose—Einstein condensation and superfluidity

6.4 Superconductivity

6.5 Field theory of the disordered electron gas

6.6 Summary and outlook

6.7 Problems

Response functions

7.1 Crash course in modern experimental techniques

7.2 Linear response theory

7.3 Analytic structure of correlation functions

7.4 Electromagnetic linear response

7.5 Summary and outlook

7.6 Problems

8 The renormalization group

8.1 The one—dimensional Ising model

8.2 Dissipative quantum tunneling

8.3 Renormalization group： general theory

8.4 RG analysis of the ferromagnetic transition

8.5 RG analysis of the nonlinear σ—model

8.6 Berezinskii—Kosterlitz—Thouless transition

8.7 Summary and outlook

8.8 Problems

9 Topology

9.1 Example： particle on a ring

9.2 Homotopy

9.3 θ—Oterms

9.4 Wess—Zurnino terms

9.5 Chern—Simons terms

9.6 Summary and outlook

9.7 Problems

10 Nonequilibrium （classical）

10.1 Fundamental questions of （nonequilibrium） statistical mechanics

10.2 Langevin theory

10.3 Boltzmann kinetic theory

10.4 Stochastic processes

10.5 Field theory Ⅰ： zero dimensional theories

10.6 Field theory Ⅱ： higher dimensions

10.7 Field theory Ⅲ： applications

10.8 Summary and Outlook

10.9 Problems

11 Nonequilibrium （quantum）

11.1 Prelude： Quantum master equation

11.2 Keldysh formalism： basics

11.3 Particle coupled to an environment

11.4 Fermion Keldysh theory （a list of changes）

11.5 Kinetic equation

11.6 A mesoscopic application

11.7 Full counting statistics

11.8 Summary and outlook

11.9 Problems

Index

内容概要

Alexander Altland is Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of K¨oln. His main areas of research include mesoscopic physics, the physics of interacting many particle systems, and quantum nonlinear dynamics.

Benjamin D. Simons is Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at the

Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. His main areas of research include strongly correlated condensed matter systems, mesoscopic and ultracold atom physics.

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