文档介绍：FIELD THEORIES OF CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
Presenting the physics of the most challenging problems in condensed matter using
the conceptual framework of quantum field theory, this book is of great interest to
physicists in condensed matter and high-energy and string theorists, as well as
to mathematicians. Revised and updated, this second edition features new chapters
on the renormalization group, the Luttinger liquid, gauge theory, topological fluids,
topological insulators, and quantum entanglement.
The book begins with the basic concepts and tools, developing them gradually
to bring readers to the issues currently faced at the frontiers of research, such as
topological phases of matter, quantum and classical critical phenomena, quantum
Hall effects, and superconductors. Other topics covered include one-dimensional
strongly correlated systems, quantum ordered and disordered phases, topological
structures in condensed matter and in field theory and fractional statistics.
E DUARDO F RADKIN is a Professor in the Department of Physics, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests are in condensed mat-
ter physics; disordered systems, high-temperature superconductors, and electronic
liquid-crystal phases of strongly correlated systems; quantum Hall fluids and other
topological phases of matter; and quantum field theory in condensed matter.
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FIELD THEORIES OF CONDENSED
MATTER PHYSICS
SECOND EDITION
EDUARDO FRADKIN
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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