Quantum many-particle systems
By: John W. Negele, Henri Orland.
Contributors: Orland, Henri.
Publisher: Perseus Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Reading, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
Subjects: Many-body problem; Quantum theory; Integration, Functional; Stochastic processes; Degree of freedom
Description: This volume explains the fundamental concepts and theoretical techniques used to understand the properties of quantum systems having large numbers of degrees of freedom. A number of complementary approaches are developed, including perturbation theory; nonperturbative approximations based on functional integrals; general arguments based on order parameters, symmetry, and Fermi liquid theory; and stochastic methods.

Each approach provides its own insights and quantitative capabilities, and in conjunction provide a powerful framework for understanding a wide variety of physical systems. Written at a level for graduate students with no prior background in many-body theory, this classic text is intended for physicists in solid state physics, field theory, atomic physics, condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry, and nuclear physics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-453) and index.
"Advanced Book Program."
Originally published: Redwood City, Calif. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1988.