Overview
The new edition of a standard reference 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. The main part 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 boundlevel 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. This third edition is 50% longer than the previou and offers end-of-chapter problems and solutions (40% are solved) and additional appendices to helpit is to serve as an effective self-tutorial and self-sufficient reference. Throughout, it demonstrates the powerful and unifying formalism of Green's functions across many applications, including transport properties, carbon nanotubes, and photonics and photonic crystals.
Full Product Details
Author: Eleftherios N. Economou
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 3rd ed. 2006
Volume: 7
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.759kg
ISBN: 9783642066917
ISBN 10: 3642066917
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 13 February 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
From the reviews of the third edition: The main purpose of this book is to provide graduate students, and also experienced researchers, with a clear and quite detailed survey of the applications of Green's functions in different modern fields of quantum physics. ... In summary, this book is a good manual for people who want to understand the physics and the various applications of Green's functions in modern fields of physics. It can also be used as a starting point for studying numerical analysis in condensed matter theory. (Jean-Yves-Fortin, Mathematical Reviews, Issue, 2007 i)
From the reviews of the third edition: The main purpose of this book is to provide graduate students, and also experienced researchers, with a clear and quite detailed survey of the applications of Green's functions in different modern fields of quantum physics. ! In summary, this book is a good manual for people who want to understand the physics and the various applications of Green's functions in modern fields of physics. It can also be used as a starting point for studying numerical analysis in condensed matter theory. (Jean-Yves-Fortin, Mathematical Reviews, Issue, 2007 i)
