Ultracold Quantum Fields

• Main Authors: Stoof, Henk T.C (Author), Gubbels, Koos B. (Author), Dickerscheid, Dennis B.M (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Condensed matter.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

Ultracold Quantum Fields provides a self-contained introduction to quantum field theory for many-particle systems, using functional methods throughout. The general focus is on the behaviour of so-called quantum fluids, i.e., quantum gases and liquids, but trapped atomic gases are always used as an e...

Table of Contents:

• I
• Gaussian Integrals
• Quantum Mechanics
• Statistical physics
• Path Integrals
• Second Quantization
• II
• Functional Integrals
• Interactions and Feynman Diagrams
• Landau Theory of Phase Transitions
• Atomic Physics
• Bose-Einstein Condensation
• Condensation of Fermionic Pairs
• Symmetries and Symmetry Breaking
• Renormalization Group Theory
• III
• Low-Dimensional Systems
• Optical Lattices
• Feshbach Resonances.