Quantum statistical field theory An introduction to Schwinger's variational method with Green's function nanoapplications, graphene and superconductivity / Norman J. Morgenstern Horing, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology.
| Author/creator | Horing, Norman J. M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017. |
| Description | xv, 434 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | International series of monographs on physics ; 166 International series of monographs on physics ; 166. ^A252808 |
| Contents | Dirac notation and transformation theory -- Identical particles and second quantization: occupation number representation -- Q.M. pictures; Heisenberg equation; linear response; superoperators and non-Markovian equations -- Schwinger action principle and variational calculus -- Retarded Green's functions -- Quantum mechanical ensemble averages and statistical thermodynamics -- Thermodynamic Green's functions and spectral structure -- Equations of motion with particle-particle interactions and approximations -- Non-equilibrium Green's functions: variational relations and approximations for particle interactions -- Random phase approximation plasma phenomenology, semiclassical and hydrodynamic models; electrodynamics -- Interacting electron-hole-phonon system -- Graphene -- Superfluidity and superconductivity -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016952831 |
| ISBN | 0198791941 hardback |
| ISBN | 9780198791942 hardback |
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