The methods of coupled quantum field theory, which have played a major role in the extensive development of nonrelativistic quantum many-particle theory and condensed matter physics, are at the core of this book.
The methods of coupled quantum field theory, which have played a major role in the extensive development of nonrelativistic quantum many-particle theory and condensed matter physics, are at the core of this book.
Norman J. Morgenstern Horing's research activities started as a doctoral student with Prof. J. Schwinger at Harvard University, employing thermal Green's function methods to determine the Landau quantized plasmon spectrum. During the period 1960-1965 he worked at the MIT Lincoln and National Magnet Laboratories, followed by positions as a Visiting Lecturer at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University and then as a Staff Physicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. (1965-1966). Having progressed through the professorial ranks at Stevens Institute of Technology, he is now retiring as Emeritus Professor. He has worked extensively on the dielectric and transport properties of semiconductors (often focused on the role of a magnetic field) using the methods of coupled quantum statistical field theory, contributing over 300 scientific publications, including various book chapters and five books.
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* 1: Dirac Notation and Transformation Theory * 2: Identical Particles and Second Quantization: Occupation Number Representation * 3: Q.M. Pictures; Heisenberg Eqn.; Linear Response; Superoperators and Non-Markovian Eqns. * 4: Schwinger Action Principle and Variational Calculus * 5: Retarded Green's Function * 6: Quantum Mechanical Ensemble Averages and Statistical Thermodynamics * 7: Thermodynamic Green's Functions and Spectral Structure * 8: Equations of Motion with Particle-Particle Interactions and Approximations * 9: Nonequilibrium Green's Functions; Variational Relations and Approximations for Particle Interactions * 10: RPA Plasma Phenomenology, Semiclassical and Hydrodynamic Models * 11: Interacting Electron-Hole-Phonon System * 12: Graphene * 13: Superfluidity and Superconductivity
