Title Quantum field theory of many-body systems : from the origin of sound to an origin of light and electrons / Xiao-Gang Wen.

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 505 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Oxford graduate texts
	Oxford graduate texts.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This is a pedagogical and systematic introduction to new concepts and quantum field theoretical methods in condensed matter physics which may have an impact on our understanding of the origin of light, electrons and other elementary particles in the universe. Emphasis is on clear physical principles.
Contents	Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Path integral formulation of quantum mechanics; 3 Interacting boson systems; 4 Free fermion systems; 5 Interacting fermion systems; 6 Quantum gauge theories; 7 Theory of quantum Hall states; 8 Topological and quantum order; 9 Mean-field theory of spin liquids and quantum order; 10 String condensation--an unification of light and fermions; Index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Quantum field theory.
	Quantum field theory.
	Many-body problem.
	Many-body problem.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Wen, Xiao-Gang. Quantum field theory of many-body systems. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0198530943 9780198530947 (DLC) 2004301677 (OCoLC)55799875
ISBN	9780191523960 (electronic book)
	0191523968 (electronic book)
	128075902X
	9781280759024
	0198530943 (Cloth)