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Many-Particle Physics

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Gerald D. Mahan

    1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
      Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

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Part of the book series: Physics of Solids and Liquids (PSLI)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introductory Material

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 1-64

  3. Green’s Functions at Zero Temperature

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 65-107

  4. Nonzero Temperatures

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 109-185

  5. Exactly Solvable Models

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 187-294

  6. Homogeneous Electron Gas

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 295-374

  7. Strong Correlations

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 375-432

  8. Electron—Phonon Interaction

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 433-498

  9. dc Conductivities

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 499-577

  10. Optical Properties of Solids

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 579-626

  11. Superconductivity

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 627-675

  12. Superfluids

    • Gerald D. Mahan
    Pages 677-763

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 765-785
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About this book

The first, second, and third editions of this book seem to occur at ten year intervals. The intent is to keep the book up-to-date. Many-body theory is a field which continually evolves in time. Journals only publish new results, conferences only invite speakers to report new phenomena, and agencies only fund scientists to do new physics. Today's physics is old hat by tomorrow. Students want to learn new material, and textbooks must be modified to keep up with the times. The early chapters in this book teach the techniques of many-body theory. They are largely unchanged in format. The later chapters apply the techniques to specific problems. The third edition increases the number of applications. New sections have been added, while old sections have been modified to include recent applications. The previous editions were set in type using pre-computer technology. No computer file existed of the prior editions. The publisher scanned the second edition and gave me a disk with the contents. This scan recorded the words accurately and scrambled the equations into unintelligible form. So I retyped the equations using LaTeX. Although tedious, it allowed me to correct the infinite numbers of typographical errors in the previous edition. The earlier typesetting methods did not permit such corrections. The entire book was edited sentence-by­ sentence. Most old sections of the book were shortened by editing sentences and paragraphs.

Reviews

About the First Edition:
`This is a worthy newcomer and will make an excellent teaching text.'
Physics Bulletin
`The book should serve as a valuable contribution to the library of students and researchers in solid state and theoretical physics.'
Philosophical Magazine

About the Second Edition:
`Since its first edition, this book has become one of the most popular textbooks in quantum many-body theory, thus guaranteeing the interest of the scientific community in this second edition.'
Mathematical Reviews

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

    Gerald D. Mahan

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

    Gerald D. Mahan

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