Correlated Electrons in Quantum Matter
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Solid State Physics, Quantum Theory
| Author: | Peter Fulde | ISBN: | 9789814397223 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Publication: | August 8, 2012 |
| Imprint: | WSPC | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Fulde |
| ISBN: | 9789814397223 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication: | August 8, 2012 |
| Imprint: | WSPC |
| Language: | English |
An understanding of the effects of electronic correlations in quantum systems is one of the most challenging problems in physics, partly due to the relevance in modern high technology. Yet there exist hardly any books on the subject which try to give a comprehensive overview on the field covering insulators, semiconductors, as well as metals. The present book tries to fill that gap.
It intends to provide graduate students and researchers a comprehensive survey of electron correlations, weak and strong, in insulators, semiconductors and metals. This topic is a central one in condensed matter and beyond that in theoretical physics. The reader will have a better understanding of the great progress which has been made in the field over the past few decades.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Independent Electrons
- Homogeneous Electron Gas
- Density Functional Theory
- Wavefunction-Based Methods
- Correlated Ground-State Wavefunctions
- Quasiparticle Excitations
- Incoherent Excitations
- Coherent-Potential Approximations
- Strongly Correlated Electrons
- Transition Metals
- Transition-Metal Oxides
- Heavy Quasiparticles
- Excitations with Fractional Charges
- Superconductivity
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics.
Key Features:
- Besides approaches based on Density Functional Theory, the importance of many-body wavefunction and projection methods is emphasized
- Considerable space is devoted to systems with strong electron correlations evident in high-Tc superconducting cuprates
- Transition metals and their oxides are discussed as well as compounds with heavy quasiparticles
- Different competing methods for describing correlation effects are presented
- At various places a connection to relevant experiments is made
An understanding of the effects of electronic correlations in quantum systems is one of the most challenging problems in physics, partly due to the relevance in modern high technology. Yet there exist hardly any books on the subject which try to give a comprehensive overview on the field covering insulators, semiconductors, as well as metals. The present book tries to fill that gap.
It intends to provide graduate students and researchers a comprehensive survey of electron correlations, weak and strong, in insulators, semiconductors and metals. This topic is a central one in condensed matter and beyond that in theoretical physics. The reader will have a better understanding of the great progress which has been made in the field over the past few decades.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Independent Electrons
- Homogeneous Electron Gas
- Density Functional Theory
- Wavefunction-Based Methods
- Correlated Ground-State Wavefunctions
- Quasiparticle Excitations
- Incoherent Excitations
- Coherent-Potential Approximations
- Strongly Correlated Electrons
- Transition Metals
- Transition-Metal Oxides
- Heavy Quasiparticles
- Excitations with Fractional Charges
- Superconductivity
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics.
Key Features:
- Besides approaches based on Density Functional Theory, the importance of many-body wavefunction and projection methods is emphasized
- Considerable space is devoted to systems with strong electron correlations evident in high-Tc superconducting cuprates
- Transition metals and their oxides are discussed as well as compounds with heavy quasiparticles
- Different competing methods for describing correlation effects are presented
- At various places a connection to relevant experiments is made
