Applications of Statistical and Field Theory Methods to Condensed Matter (Volume 218)

Baeriswyl, D. et al. (eds)

ISBN 10: 0306435268 / ISBN 13: 9780306435263

Edité par Plenum Press, 1990

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Volume 218. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0306435268.

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• Titre: Applications of Statistical and Field Theory Methods to Condensed Matter (Volume 218)
• Éditeur: Plenum Press
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0306435268
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780306435263
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 1000 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Science & Technology

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Synopsis

There is no doubt that we have, during the last decade, moved into a "golden age" of condensed matter science. The sequence of discoveries of novel new states of matter and their rapid assimilation into experimental and theoretical research, as well as devices, has been remarkable. To name but a few: spin glasses; incommensurate, fractal, quasicrystal structures; synthetic metals; quantum well fabrication; fractional quantum Hall effect: solid state chaos; heavy fermions; and most spectacularly high-temperature superconductivity. This rapid evolution has been marked by the need to address the reality of materials in "extreme" conditions - - disordered, nonlinear systems in reduced dimensions, restricted geometries and at mesoscopic scales, often with striking competitions between several length and frequency scales, and between strong electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions. In such new territory it is not surprising that very interdisciplinary approaches are being explored and traditional boundaries between subjects and disciplines re-defined. In theory, this is evident, for instance, in attempts: (1) to advance the state of the art for elec- tronic structure calculations so as to handle strongly interacting many-body systems and delicate competitions for collective ground states (spin models or many-electron Hamiltoni- ans, field theory, band structure, quantum chemistry and numerical approaches); or (2) to understand pattern formation and complex (including chaotic) dynamics in extended sys- tems. This demands close involvement with applied mathematics, numerical simulations and statistical mechanics techniques.