I was wondering if anyone has a good introductory article about QFT applied to condensed matter physics.
I know a bit about condensed matter physics, and a bit of QFT applied to particle physics.
thanx
humanino
Jul3-08, 11:30 AM
Hi,
"Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics", A. M. Tsvelik @ CUP (1995, sec. ed. 2003).
"Principles of condensed matter physics", P. M. Chaikin & T. C. Lubensky @ CUP (1995)
"A Guide to Feynman Diagrams in the Many-body Problem" R. D. Mattuck @ Dover (1992)
Kittel's "Quantum Theory of Solids" is old, but I liked it.
Sorry, those are not articles. Until a condensed matter physicist provides you with such a review, you can look up for specific references of your insterest. I can dig them up from those books if you request more specifically what you are interested in, because the topic is quite vast.
malawi_glenn
Jul3-08, 11:32 AM
yeah I have found many books on amazon and so on, but just wanted a quick introduction
thanx anyway:-)
humanino
Jul3-08, 11:55 AM
yeah I have found many books on amazon and so on, but just wanted a quick introduction
thanx anyway:-)Ah but as I said, the topic is incredibely wide. Conformal methods by themselves can be studied a life time long, and I do not believe they are simple enough to be in a short review. Zee's book deals quite well with quite a few ideas.
Physics Literature Condensed Matter Theory (MIT) (http://web.mit.edu/redingtn/www/netadv/biblio2.html)
Gokul43201
Jul3-08, 01:36 PM
The standard textbooks are:
1. Abrikosov, Gorkov & Dzyaloshinski
2. Fetter & Wallecka
3. Mahan
None of these is a quick introduction. Mattuck's book is definitely a quicker read than any of the above. Also, a partial introduction can be had from the first 4 chapters of Schwabl (Adv. QM).
yuanyuan5220
Jul4-08, 09:17 AM
Recommend one book
Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems
by Xiao-gang Wen
will.c
Jul4-08, 12:23 PM
I like Alex Altland's book, "Condensed Matter Field Theory"
Dr Transport
Jul4-08, 05:37 PM
yeah I have found many books on amazon and so on, but just wanted a quick introduction
thanx anyway:-)
Mattuck's text is about the shortest intro to field theory in condensed matter physics, I learned quite a bit from it when I read it. The other texts mentioned are way too long for an introduction to the area.
will.c
Jul6-08, 02:36 AM
Ben Simons also keeps his lecture notes for the course online as postscript files.