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020			_a9780521514682 (hardback)
050	0	0	_aQC175.16.P5 _bS23 2011
082	0	0	_a530.474 _222 _bSAC
100	1		_aSachdev, Subir, _d1961- _928961
245	1	0	_aQuantum Phase Transitions / _cSubir Sachdev.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011, 2011.
300			_axviii, 501 pages ; _c26 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: 1. Basic concepts; 2. Overview; Part II. A First Course: 3. Classical phase transitions; 4. The renormalization group; 5. The quantum Ising model; 6. The quantum rotor model; 7. Correlations, susceptibilities, and the quantum critical point; 8. Broken symmetries; 9. Boson Hubbard model; Part III. Non-zero Temperatures: 10. The Ising chain in a transverse field; 11. Quantum rotor models: large-N limit; 12. The d = 1, O(N �> 3) rotor models; 13. The d = 2, O(N �> 3) rotor models; 14. Physics close to and above the upper-critical dimension; 15. Transport in d = 2; Part IV. Other Models: 16. Dilute Fermi and Bose gases; 17. Phase transitions of Dirac fermions; 18. Fermi liquids, and their phase transitions; 19. Heisenberg spins: ferromagnets and antiferromagnets; 20. Spin chains: bosonization; 21. Magnetic ordering transitions of disordered systems; 22. Quantum spin glasses; References; Index.
520			_a"Describing the physical properties of quantum materials near critical points with long-range many-body quantum entanglement, this book introduces readers to the basic theory of quantum phases, their phase transitions and their observable properties. This second edition begins with a new section suitable for an introductory course on quantum phase transitions, assuming no prior knowledge of quantum field theory. It also contains several new chapters to cover important recent advances, such as the Fermi gas near unitarity, Dirac fermions, Fermi liquids and their phase transitions, quantum magnetism, and solvable models obtained from string theory. After introducing the basic theory, it moves on to a detailed description of the canonical quantum-critical phase diagram at non-zero temperatures. Finally, a variety of more complex models are explored. This book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics and particle and string theory"--
650		0	_aPhase transformations (Statistical physics) _928962
650		0	_aQuantum theory. _928963
650		7	_aSCIENCE / Physics _2bisacsh. _928964
653			_bGen _cFebruary2012
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