Statistical Mechanics and Applications in Condensed Matter
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Statistical Mechanics and Applications in Condensed Matter

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Statistical Mechanics and Applications in Condensed Matter

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This innovative and modular textbook combines classical topics in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and many-body theory with the latest developments in condensed matter physics research. Written by internationally renowned experts and logically structured to cater for undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers, it covers the underlying theoretical principles and includes numerous problems and worked examples to put this knowledge into practice. Three main streams provide a framework for the book; beginning with thermodynamics and classical statistical mechanics, including mean field approximation, fluctuations and the renormalization group approach to critical phenomena. The authors then examine quantum statistical mechanics, covering key topics such as normal Fermi and Luttinger liquids, superfluidity and superconductivity. Finally, they explore classical and quantum kinetics, Anderson localization and quantum interference, and disordered Fermi liquids. Unique in providing a bridge between thermodynamics and advanced topics in condensed matter, this textbook is an invaluable resource to all students of physics.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781107039407
eBook ISBN
9781316354988
Topic
Ciencias físicas
Subtopic
Física

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Thermodynamics: a brief overview
  8. 2 Kinetics
  9. 3 From Boltzmann to Boltzmann--Gibbs
  10. 4 More ensembles
  11. 5 The thermodynamic limit and its thermodynamic stability
  12. 6 Density matrix and quantum statistical mechanics
  13. 7 The quantum gases
  14. 8 Mean-field theories and critical phenomena
  15. 9 Second quantization and the Hartree--Fock approximation
  16. 10 Linear response and the fluctuation--dissipation theorem in quantum systems: equilibrium and small deviations
  17. 11 Brownian motion and transport in disordered systems
  18. 12 Fermi liquids
  19. 13 The Landau theory of second order phase transitions
  20. 14 The Landau--Wilson model for critical phenomena
  21. 15 Superfluidity and superconductivity
  22. 16 Scaling theory
  23. 17 The renormalization group approach
  24. 18 Thermal Green functions
  25. 19 The microscopic foundations of Fermi liquids
  26. 20 The Luttinger liquid
  27. 21 Quantum interference effects in disordered electron systems
  28. Appendix A The central limit theorem
  29. Appendix B Some useful properties of the Euler Gamma function
  30. Appendix C Proof of the second theorem of Yang and Lee
  31. Appendix D The most probable distribution for the quantum gases
  32. Appendix E Fermi--Dirac and Bose--Einstein integrals
  33. Appendix F The Fermi gas in a uniform magnetic field: Landau diamagnetism
  34. Appendix G Ising and gas-lattice models
  35. Appendix H Sum over discreteMatsubara frequencies
  36. Appendix I Two-fluid hydrodynamics: a few hints
  37. Appendix J The Cooper problem in the theory of superconductivity
  38. Appendix K Superconductive fluctuation phenomena
  39. Appendix L Diagrammatic aspects of the exact solution of the Tomonaga--Luttinger model
  40. Appendix M Details on the theory of the disordered Fermi liquid
  41. Appendix N Answers to problems
  42. References
  43. Index