Green's Functions in Quantum Physics

Eleftherios N. Economou

ISBN 10: 3540288384 / ISBN 13: 9783540288381

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Jun 2006, 2006

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Neuware -In this third edition the book has been expanded in three directions: 1. Problems have been added at the end of each chapter (40% of which are solved in the last section of the book) together with suggestions for further reading. Furthermore, the number of appendices (marked with a grey stripe) has been substantially enlarged in order to make the book more self-su cient. These additions, together with many clari cations in the text, render the book more suitable as a companion in a course on Green¿s functions and their applications. 2. Theimpressivedevelopmentsofthe1980sand1990sinmesoscopicphysics, and in particular in transport properties, found their way ¿ to a c- tain extent ¿ in the new Chaps.8 and 9 (which also contain some of the material of the old Chap.7). This is a natural expansion, since Green¿s functions have played an important role as a theoretical tool in this new eld of physics, a role that continues in nanoregime research (see, e.g., recent publications dealing with carbon nanotubes). Thus, the powerful and unifying formalism of Green¿s functions nds applications not only in standard physics subjects such as perturbation and scattering theory, bound-state formation, etc., but also at the forefrontof current and, most likely, future developments. 3. Over the last 15 yearsor so Green¿s functions havefound applications not only in condensed matter electronicmotion but in classicalwavepropa- tion in both periodic and random media; photonic and phononic crystals aretheoutcomesofthislineofresearchwhoseunderlyingbasictheoretical principles are summarized in Sect.7.2.4.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 498 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Green's Functions in Quantum Physics
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Jun 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540288384
• ISBN 13: 9783540288381
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 33D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 33 millimeters depth
• Weight: 907 grams

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Synopsis

This book will be of interest to advanced students wishing to become familiar with the method of Green's functions for obtaining simple and general solutions to basic problems in quantum physics.

From the Back Cover

The main part of this book is devoted to the simplest kind of Green's functions, namely the solutions of linear differential equations with a -function source. It is shown that these familiar Green's functions are a powerful tool for obtaining relatively simple and general solutions of basic problems such as scattering and bound-level information. The bound-level treatment gives a clear physical understanding of "difficult" questions such as superconductivity, the Kondo effect, and, to a lesser degree, disorder-induced localization. The more advanced subject of many-body Green's functions is presented in the last part of the book.