Quantum field theory and condensed matter :
Shankar, R.
Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction Ramamurti Shankar (Yale University, Connecticut). - New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2019. - xiv, 439p. - 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.
9781108454926 (Pbk)
2017032917
Quantum field theory.
Condensed matter.
QC174.45 / .S475 2017
530.143 S528Q
Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction Ramamurti Shankar (Yale University, Connecticut). - New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2019. - xiv, 439p. - 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.
9781108454926 (Pbk)
2017032917
Quantum field theory.
Condensed matter.
QC174.45 / .S475 2017
530.143 S528Q