Beschreibung:
Radi A. Jishi is a Professor of Physics at California State University. His research interests centre on condensed matter theory, carbon networks, superconductivity, and the electronic structure of crystals.
An introduction to the application of Feynman diagram techniques for researchers and advanced undergraduate students in condensed matter theory and many-body physics.
Preface; 1. A brief review of quantum mechanics; 2. Single-particle states; 3. Second quantization; 4. The electron gas; 5. A brief review of statistical mechanics; 6. Real-time Green's and correlation functions; 7. Applications of real-time Green's functions; 8. Imaginary-time Green's and correlation functions; 9. Diagrammatic techniques; 10. Electron gas: a diagrammatic approach; 11. Phonons, photons, and electrons; 12. Superconductivity; 13. Nonequilibrium Green's function; Appendices; Index.