Description
Book SynopsisThe book is an introduction to quantum field theory applied to condensed matter physics. The topics cover modern applications in electron systems and electronic properties of mesoscopic systems and nanosystems. The textbook is developed for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course with exercises which aim at giving students the ability to confront real problems.
Trade Review... well-designed for its target audience, [...] a well-written manuscript with a good selection of topics. * Derek Lee, Imperial College London *
Table of Contents1. First and second quantization ; 2. The electron gas ; 3. Phonons: coupling to electrons ; 4. Mean field theory ; 5. Time evolution pictures ; 6. Linear response theory ; 7. Transport in mesoscopic systems ; 8. Green's functions ; 9. Equation of motion theory ; 10. Transport in interacting mesoscopic systems ; 11. Imaginary time Green's functions ; 12. Feynman diagrams and external potentials ; 13. Feynman diagrams and pair interactions ; 14. The interacting electron gas ; 15. Fermi liquid theory ; 16. Impurity scattering and conductivity ; 17. Green's functions and phonons ; 18. Superconductivity ; 19. 1D electron gases and Luttinger liquids ; A. Fourier transformations ; B. Exercises ; C. Index
