Feynman Diagram Techniques in Condensed Matter Physics

Informationen zum Autor Radi A. Jishi is a Professor of Physics at California State University. His research interests centre on condensed matter theory, carbon networks, superconductivity, and the electronic structure of crystals. Klappentext An introduction to the application of Feynman diagram techniques for researchers and advanced undergraduate students in condensed matter theory and many-body physics. Zusammenfassung This introduction to Feynman diagram techniques shows their application to the analysis of complex many-particle systems. Detailed derivations of formulas! case studies and chapter exercises with online solutions make this a valuable resource for researchers and advanced undergraduate students in condensed matter theory! many-body physics and electrical engineering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. A brief review of quantum mechanics; 2. Single-particle states; 3. Second quantization; 4. The electron gas; 5. A brief review of statistical mechanics; 6. Real-time Green's and correlation functions; 7. Applications of real-time Green's functions; 8. Imaginary-time Green's and correlation functions; 9. Diagrammatic techniques; 10. Electron gas: a diagrammatic approach; 11. Phonons, photons, and electrons; 12. Superconductivity; 13. Nonequilibrium Green's function; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Radi Jishi, Radi A. Jishi, Radi A. (California State University Jishi, Jishi Radi A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9781107025172
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02517-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Mathematical physics, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics