Many-Particle Physics

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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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.

• Boson
• Particle Physics
• Potential
• Theoretical physics
• quantum dot

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

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

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• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

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