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Quantum Phase Transitions

By Subir Sachdev

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521004543, 9780521004541
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2629700 bytes)
Pages
368\488
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Quantum Phase Transitions details the fundamental changes that can occur in the macroscopic nature of matter at zero temperature due to small variations in a given external parameter. The author develops the theory of quantum phase transitions in the simplest possible class of nondisordered, interacting systems--the quantum Ising and rotor models. He pays particular attention to their non-zero temperature dynamic and transport properties in the vicinity of the quantum critical point. Throughout, experimental results are interwoven with theoretical models, and well over 500 references are included.

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