Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction /

Shankar, Ramamurti,

Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction / Ramamurti Shankar (Yale University, Connecticut). - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017. - 434 p. - Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics . - Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Bosonization I: the fermion-boson dictionary -- Bosonization II: selected applications -- Duality and triality -- Techniques for the QHE.

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Quantum field theory.
Condensed matter.

QC174.45 / .S475 2017

530.143 / Sh Qu
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