Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedcation
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Condensed Matter Models and Problems
- 1 Lightning Review of Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Phases, and Phase Transitions
- 2 Magnetism in Solids
- 3 Electrons in Solids: Fermi Gas vs. Fermi Liquid
- 4 Bosonic Quasi-Particles: Phonons and Plasmons
- 5 Spin-Charge Separation in 1+1–Dimensional Solids: Spinons and Holons
- 6 The Ising Model and the Heisenberg Spin Chain
- 7 Spin Chains and Integrable Systems
- 8 The Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz
- 9 Conformal Field Theories and Quantum Phase Transitions
- 10 Classical vs. Quantum Hall Effect
- 11 Superconductivity: Landau-Ginzburg, London, and BCS
- 12 Topology and Statistics: Berry and Chern-Simons, Anyons, and Nonabelions
- 13 Insulators
- 14 The Kondo Effect and the Kondo Problem
- 15 Hydrodynamics and Transport Properties: From Boltzmann to Navier-Stokes
- Part II Elements of General Relativity and String Theory
- Part III Applying String Theory to CondensedMatter Problems
- Part IV Advanced Applications
- References
- Index
4 - Bosonic Quasi-Particles: Phonons and Plasmons
from Part I - Condensed Matter Models and Problems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2017
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedcation
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Condensed Matter Models and Problems
- 1 Lightning Review of Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Phases, and Phase Transitions
- 2 Magnetism in Solids
- 3 Electrons in Solids: Fermi Gas vs. Fermi Liquid
- 4 Bosonic Quasi-Particles: Phonons and Plasmons
- 5 Spin-Charge Separation in 1+1–Dimensional Solids: Spinons and Holons
- 6 The Ising Model and the Heisenberg Spin Chain
- 7 Spin Chains and Integrable Systems
- 8 The Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz
- 9 Conformal Field Theories and Quantum Phase Transitions
- 10 Classical vs. Quantum Hall Effect
- 11 Superconductivity: Landau-Ginzburg, London, and BCS
- 12 Topology and Statistics: Berry and Chern-Simons, Anyons, and Nonabelions
- 13 Insulators
- 14 The Kondo Effect and the Kondo Problem
- 15 Hydrodynamics and Transport Properties: From Boltzmann to Navier-Stokes
- Part II Elements of General Relativity and String Theory
- Part III Applying String Theory to CondensedMatter Problems
- Part IV Advanced Applications
- References
- Index
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- String Theory Methods for Condensed Matter Physics , pp. 42 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017