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Quantum mechanics of many-body systems / David J. Thouless.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mineola : Dover Publications, Inc., 2014.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780486493572 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.144 23 T525
Contents:
I. Introduction -- II. Soluble models -- III. Variational methods -- IV. Perturbation theory -- V. Low-lying excited states -- VI. Impurities and random systems -- VII. Statistical mechanics and superconductivity theory -- VIII. Perturbation theory at finite temperatures -- IX. Green functions at finite temperatures -- X. Bosons.
Summary: The text's main thematic approaches include the self-consistent field and its generalizations, perturbation theory and the use of Feynman diagrams, and the use of Green functions to describe excitations of a many-body system. The primary emphasis is on the theories of atomic nuclei, the electron gas, superconductivity, and liquid helium three. A familiarity with the principles of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics is assumed, but a detailed knowledge of nuclear and solid state physics is unnecessary.
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"Unabridged republication of the second edition of the work, originally published in the Pure and applied physics series by Academic Press, Inc., New York, in 1972"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Introduction --
II. Soluble models --
III. Variational methods --
IV. Perturbation theory --
V. Low-lying excited states --
VI. Impurities and random systems --
VII. Statistical mechanics and superconductivity theory --
VIII. Perturbation theory at finite temperatures --
IX. Green functions at finite temperatures --
X. Bosons.

The text's main thematic approaches include the self-consistent field and its generalizations, perturbation theory and the use of Feynman diagrams, and the use of Green functions to describe excitations of a many-body system. The primary emphasis is on the theories of atomic nuclei, the electron gas, superconductivity, and liquid helium three. A familiarity with the principles of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics is assumed, but a detailed knowledge of nuclear and solid state physics is unnecessary.

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