Quantum Criticality in Condensed Matter

Phenomena, Materials and Ideas in Theory and Experiment

This volume comprises 8 articles written by lecturers of 50th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics and their collaborators. The contributing lecturers are outstanding researchers, and experts in various fields of physics, in particular in condensed matter, quantum phase transitions and quantum critical phenomena. The articles reflect the contents of the lectures given for school participants and cover various aspects of quantum phase transitions and quantum critical phenomena, from experimental to mathematical ones. For those wishing to get acquainted with the subject, extensive lists of references are provided in the articles.

Contents:

• The Enigma of the Pseudogap Phase of the Cuprate Superconductors (Debanjan Chowdhury and Subir Sachdev)
• Resonant Spin Excitations in Unconventional Heavy Fermion Superconductors and Kondo Lattice Comppounds (Peter Thalmeier and Alireza Akbari)
• Quantum Critical Heavy Fermion Metal YbRh2Si2 (Gertrud Zwicknagl)
• Universality and Convergence of Energy Scales at Quantum Critical Points in Local and Lattice Models (A C Hewson, D J G Crow and Y Nishikawa)
• Beyond Particles: Unparticles in Strongly Correlated Electron Matter (Philip W Phillips)
• Fidelity Approach to Quantum Phase Transitions in Quantum Ising Model (Bogdan Damski)
• Dynamics of Quantum Phase Transitions: Quantum Kibble-Zurek Mechanism (Jacek Dziarmaga)
• Theory of Temporal Fluctuations in Isolated Quantum Systems (L Campos Venuti)

Readership: This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers who are interested in condensed matter, quantum phase transitions and quantum critical phenomena.
Key Features:

• Reviews of hot topics in condensed matter physics
• Unique, original presentations of discussed topics
• Prominent contributors