Quantum Field Theoretical Methods in Statistical Physics - 2nd Ed.

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Classical quantum theoretical treatise about many particle systems. 2nd Edition by Pergamon Press 1965, this electronic edition cleaned and indexed. The first edition (1963) was titled: Method of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics Title page Table of Contents FOREWORD PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION TRANSLATION EDITOR'S NOTE I. PROPERTIES OF MANY-PARTICLE SYSTEMS AT LOW TEMPERATURES § 1. Elementary excitations. Energy spectrum and properties of liquid He4 at low temperatures § 2. Fermi liquids § 3. Second quantisation § 4. Dilute Bose gas § 5. Dilute Fermi gas II. QUANTUM FIELD THEORETICAL METHODS AT T = 0 § 6. The interaction representation § 7. The Green function § 8. Basic principles of diagram techniques § 9. Rules for drawing diagrams for different types of interaction § 10. Dyson equation. The vertex part. Many-particle Green fnnctions III. THE DIAGRAM TECHNIQUE AT FINITE TEMPERATURES § 11. Temperature-dependent Green functions § 12. Perturbation theory § 13. The diagram technique in coordinate space. Examples § 14. The diagram technique in momentum space § 15. The perturbation theory series for the thermodynamic potential § 16. Dyson equation. Many-particle Green functions § 17. Time-dependant Green functions G at finite temperatures.Analytic properties of the Green functions IV. FERMI LIQUID THEORY § 18. Properties of the vertex part for small momentum transfer. Zero sound § 19. Effective mass. Connection between Fermi momentum andnumber of particles. Bose branches of the spectrum. Specificheat § 20. Special properties of the vertex part in the case where thetotal momentum of the colliding particles is small § 21. Electron-phonon interactions § 22. Some properties of a degenerate plasma V. SYSTEM OF INTERACTING BOSONS § 23. Application of field theory methods to a system of bosons atabsolute zero § 24. Green functions § 25. Dilute non-ideal Bose gas § 26. Properties of the single-particle excitation spectrum close to its end-point § 27. Application of field theory methods to a system of interactingbosons at finite temperatures VI. ELECTROlMAGNETIC RADIATION IN AN ABSORBING MEDIUM § 28. Radiation Green function in an absorbing medium § 29. Calculation of the dielectric constant § 30. Van der Waals forces in a non-uniform dielectric § 31. Molecular interaction forces between solids VII. THEORY OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY § 32. General introduction. Choice of model § 33. Cooper phenomenon. Instability of the ground state of a system of non-interacting fermions with respect to arbitrarily weak attractions between the particles § 34.System of fundamental equations for a superconductor § 35. Deduction of the superconductivity equations in the phonon model § 36. Thermodynamics of superconductors § 37. Supconductors in a weak electromagnetic field § 38. Properties of superconductorS close to the transition temperature in an arbitrary magnetic field § 39. Theory of superconducting alloys VIII. TRANSPORT EQUATION FOR EXCITATIONS IN A FERMI LIQUID § 40. Non-equilibrium properties of a Fermi liquid § 41. The analytical properties of the vertex part § 42. Equation for the vertex part; transport equation REFERENCES INDEX