TY - BOOK AU - Shankar, Ramamurti AU - Shankar, Ramamurti TI - Quantum field theory and condensed matter : : an introduction SN - 9781108454926 U1 - 530.143 SHA PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - Physics KW - Quantum field theory KW - Condensed matter KW - Kondensierte Materie KW - Renormierung N1 - 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 N2 - This book provides a review of the application of quantum field theory to condensed matter systems, introducing important techniques in condensed matter theory. ER -