is a clear introduction to some of the most significant concepts in the physics of condensed matter. The general principles of many-body physics and perturbation theory are emphasised, providing supportive mathematical structure. This is an expansion and restatement of the second half of Nobel Laureate Philip Anderson's classic
Concepts in Solids .
By:
Philip W. Anderson Imprint: Longman Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 34mm
Weight: 820g ISBN:9780201328301 ISBN 10: 0201328305 Publication Date:01 January 1997 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Basic principles I - broken symmetry; basic principles II - adiabatic continuity and renormalization; solids, quantum and otherwise; uses of the idea of the renormalization group in many-body physics; broken symmetry; topology; Bose systems; quantum solids; renormalization group.