The Quantum Mechanics of Many-Body Systems: Second Edition (Dover Books on Physics) - Softcover

Thouless, D.J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486493571 ISBN 13: 9780486493572

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2014

Synopsis

This monograph introduces advanced undergraduates and graduate students to the "many-body" theory in theoretical physics. The treatment addresses problems and solutions related to nuclear and atomic physics, the electron theory of metals, and other areas. Topics include variational methods, perturbation theory, statistical mechanics and superconductivity theory, Green functions at finite temperatures, and much more. 1972 edition.
Reprint of the Academic Press, New York, 1972 edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Co-winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics, David J. Thouless, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Washington, is a Fellow of the Royal Society (United Kingdom) and the American Physical Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0486493571
• ISBN 13: 9780486493572
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256