Bosonization and Strongly Correlated Systems

di Alexander O. Gogolin (Autore)

Alexander A. Nersesyan (Autore)

Alexei M. Tsvelik (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2004

This volume provides a detailed account of bosonization. This important technique represents one of the most powerful nonperturbative approaches to many-body systems currently available. The first part of the book examines the technical aspects of bosonization. Topics include one-dimensional fermions, the Gaussian model, the structure of Hilbert space in conformal theories, Bose-Einstein condensation in two dimensions, non-Abelian bosonization, and the Ising and WZNW models. The second part presents applications of the bosonization technique to realistic models including the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid, spin liquids in one dimension and the spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain with alternating exchange. The third part addresses the problems of quantum impurities. Chapters cover potential scattering, the X-ray edge problem, impurities in Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids and the multi-channel Kondo problem. This book will be an excellent reference for researchers and graduate students working in theoretical physics, condensed matter physics and field theory.

• Autore: Alexander O. Gogolin, Alexander A. Nersesyan, Alexei M. Tsvelik
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2004
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 448 p.
• Dimensioni: 246 x 189 mm
• Peso: 800 gr.
• EAN: 9780521617192

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