: an introduction Shankar, Ramamurti creator Shankar, Ramamurti text New Delhi Cambridge University Press 2019 monographic eng

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xiv, 439 pages ; 26 cm This book provides a review of the application of quantum field theory to condensed matter systems, introducing important techniques in condensed matter theory. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics review -- Ising model in d = 0 and d = 1 -- Statistical to quantum mechanics -- Quantum to statistical mechanics -- Feynman path integral -- Coherent state path integrals for spins, bosons and fermions -- The two-dimensional Ising model -- Exact solution of the two-dimensional Ising model -- Majorana fermions -- Gauge theories -- The renormalization group -- Critical phenomena: the puzzle and resolution -- RG for the [phi]4 model -- Two views of renormalization -- RG for non-relativistic fermions: I -- RG for non-relativistic fermions: II -- Bosonization I: the fermion-boson dictionary -- Bosonization II: selected applications -- Duality and triality -- Techniques for the QHE. / Shankar, Ramamurti Physics Quantum field theory Condensed matter Kondensierte Materie Renormierung 530.143 SHA 9781108454926 :Brijwasi Book Distributors :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092 200705 20210203122640.0