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Book SynopsisIn this primer to the many-body theory of condensed-matter systems, the authors introduce the subject to the non-specialist in a broad, concise, and up-to-date manner. This book is suitable non-specialist students and researchers in physics, materials science, chemistry, or applied mathematics who want to use the tools of many-body theory.
Trade Review'This textbook for physics graduate courses introduces some of the mathematical methods used in applying the many-body theory of condensed matter. Researchers in other disciplines who desire to apply these methods in materials science, chemistry, or applied mathematics will appreciate …' F. Potter, Choice
Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction to second quantization; 2. Time evolution and equations of motion; 3. Formal properties of Green's functions; 4. Exact methods for Green's function; 5. Green's functions using decoupling methods; 6. Linear response theory and Green's functions; 7. Green's functions for localized excitations; 8. Diagrammatic perturbation methods; 9. Applications of diagrammatic methods; References; Index.
