Publication

1997 - Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

92,500 words, Guess

Page Count

370 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC530.4/11
  • LCCQC174.5 .N65313 1997

Description

A classic from 1964, this monograph, translated from the original French, provides a detailed exposition of field theoretical methods as applied to zero-temperature Fermi liquids. The machinery of diagrammatic techniques is explained in detail, both for the ground state and for the Green's functions (propagators) that describe elementary excitations. Special attention is paid to the concept of quasiparticles in normal Fermi liquids, in continuity with those of the noninteracting gas. The phenomenological theory of Landau is justified from first principles. The extension of perturbation methods to superfluid systems is discussed in the last chapter. The book emphasizes methods and concepts more than specific applications: It is aimed at graduate students and at condensed matter physicists.

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Series Statement

  • Advanced book program

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