Introduction to many body physics (chps. 16–18 + Epilogue)

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Chapters 16 – 18 plus the Epilogue are scanned. Compared to the original manuscript, these parts were updated or added in the published book. ---------- 16. Local moments and the Kondo effect 17. Heavy electrons 18. Mixed valence, fluctuations, and topology Epilogue: the challenge of the future

Author(s): Coleman, Piers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2015

Language: English
Pages: 0
Tags: Many-body problem; Condensed matter; Kondo problem; Topology

Scales and complexity --
Quantum fields --
Conserved particles --
Simple examples of second-quantization --
Green's functions --
Landau Fermi liquid theory --
Zero temperature Feynman diagrams --
Finite temperature many-body physics --
Fluctuation dissipation and linear response theory --
Electron transport theory --
Phase transitions and broken symmetry --
Path integrals --
Path integrals and itinerant magnetism --
Superconductivity and BCS theory --
Retardation and anisotrophic pairing --
Local moments and the Kondo effect --
Heavy electrons --
Mixed valence, fluctuations and topology.