Quantum Phase Transitions

ISBN: 9780521004541

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 2001-04-15

页数: 353

定价: USD 65.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Quantum Phase Transitions details the fundamental changes that can occur in the macroscopic nature of matter at zero temperature due to small variations in a given external parameter. The author develops the theory of quantum phase transitions in the simplest possible class of nondisordered, interacting systems--the quantum Ising and rotor models. He pays particular attention to their non-zero temperature dynamic and transport properties in the vicinity of the quantum critical point. Throughout, experimental results are interwoven with theoretical models, and well over 500 references are included.