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.