Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction /
Shankar, Ramamurti,
Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction / R. Shankar, Yale University, Connecticut - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, 2018 - xiv, 439 pages ; 26 cm
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
9780521592109
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
CONDENSED MATTER
QC 174.45 / S52Q 2017
Quantum field theory and condensed matter : an introduction / R. Shankar, Yale University, Connecticut - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, 2018 - xiv, 439 pages ; 26 cm
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
9780521592109
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
CONDENSED MATTER
QC 174.45 / S52Q 2017
