Boulevard Of Broken Symmetries: Effective Field Theories Of Condensed Matter

by Adriaan M J Schakel (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $101.23

  Covers the main topics in contemporary condensed matter physics, using quantum field theory in the functional-integral approach. This book highlights symmetry aspects in acknowledging that much of the collective behaviors of condensed matter systems at low temperatures emerge above a nontrivial ground state, which breaks the symmetry.