Interplay of Quantum and Statistical Fluctuations in Critical Quantum Matter

• Main Author: Scammell, Harley (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Quantum physics.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Quantum Physics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

This book explores critical phenomena in highly correlated quantum matter. Specifically, quantum antiferromagnets, magnon Bose condensates, and systems exhibiting deconfined quantum criticality are considered. The book's main achievement is the incorporation of both quantum and statistical fluc...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Asymptotic Freedom in Quantum Magnets
• Unifying Static and Dynamic Properties in 3D Quantum Antiferromagnets
• Nonequilibrium Quantum Mechanics: A "Hot Quantum Soup" of Paramagnons
• Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Critical Systems
• Continuity of the Order Parameter in Magnetic Condensates
• Multiple Universalities in Order-Disorder Magnetic Phase Transitions
• Prediction of Ultra-Narrow Higgs Resonance in Magnon Bose-Condensates
• Violation of the Spin-Statistics Theorem and the Bose-Einstein Condensation of Particles with Half-Integer Spin.