Quantum Many-Body Physics in a Nutshell
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Quantum Many-Body Physics in a Nutshell

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Quantum Many-Body Physics in a Nutshell

About this book

The ideal textbook for a one-semester introductory course for graduate students or advanced undergraduates

This book provides an essential introduction to the physics of quantum many-body systems, which are at the heart of atomic and nuclear physics, condensed matter, and particle physics. Unlike other textbooks on the subject, it covers topics across a broad range of physical fields—phenomena as well as theoretical tools—and does so in a simple and accessible way.

Edward Shuryak begins with Feynman diagrams of the quantum and statistical mechanics of a particle; in these applications, the diagrams are easy to calculate and there are no divergencies. He discusses the renormalization group and illustrates its uses, and covers systems such as weakly and strongly coupled Bose and Fermi gases, electron gas, nuclear matter, and quark-gluon plasmas. Phenomena include Bose condensation and superfluidity. Shuryak also looks at Cooper pairing and superconductivity for electrons in metals, liquid ³He, nuclear matter, and quark-gluon plasma. A recurring topic throughout is topological matter, ranging from ensembles of quantized vortices in superfluids and superconductors to ensembles of colored (QCD) monopoles and instantons in the QCD vacuum.

Proven in the classroom, Quantum Many-Body Physics in a Nutshell is the ideal textbook for a one-semester introductory course for graduate students or advanced undergraduates.

  • Teaches students how quantum many-body systems work across many fields of physics
  • Uses path integrals from the very beginning
  • Features the easiest introduction to Feynman diagrams available
  • Draws on the most recent findings, including trapped Fermi and Bose atomic gases
  • Guides students from traditional systems, such as electron gas and nuclear matter, to more advanced ones, such as quark-gluon plasma and the QCD vacuum

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. 2 Feynman Diagrams in Quantum/Statistical Mechanics
  8. 3 Real Scalar Fields and the Renormalization Group
  9. 4 Complex Scalar Fields
  10. 5 Liquid 4He
  11. 6 Bose-Einstein Condensation of Trapped Ultracold Atoms
  12. 7 The Electron Gas
  13. 8 Nuclear Matter
  14. 9 Cooper Pairing and the BCS Theory of Superconductivity
  15. 10 Pairing in Liquid 3He and in Nuclear Matter
  16. 11 Vortices and Topological Matter
  17. 12 Strongly Coupled Fermionic Gases
  18. 13 Numerical Evaluation of Path Integrals
  19. 14 Quantum Field Theories on the Lattice and Supercomputers
  20. 15 Theory of Quark-Gluon Plasma
  21. 16 Quark-Gluon Plasma in Experiment
  22. 17 The QCD Vacuum I. Monopoles and Confinement
  23. 18 The QCD Vacuum II. Chiral Symmetries and Their Breaking
  24. 19 Chiral Matter
  25. 20 Cold Quark Matter and Color Superconductivity
  26. 21 The QCD Vacuum III: Instanton-Dyons
  27. 22 Parting Comments
  28. References
  29. Index