Conductor Insulator Quantum Phase Transitions
Conductor Insulator Quantum Phase Transitions
- ISBN 13:
9780199592593
- ISBN 10:
0199592594
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 09/07/2012
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
Rent
Sorry, this item is currently unavailable on Knetbooks.com
Click the link below to purchase this eBook from our trusted partner, eCampus.com.
Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time
Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.
Summary
Quantum phase transitions describe the violent rearrangement of electrons or atoms as they evolve from well defined excitations in one phase to a completely different set of excitations in another. The chapters in this book give insights into how a coherent metallic or superconducting state can be driven into an incoherent insulating state by increasing disorder, magnetic field, carrier concentration and inter-electron interactions. The problem necessarily involves many interactingparticles and therein lies the challenge to develop a multi-faceted theory. Experiments probing microscopic structure, transport, charge and spin dynamics provide important clues. What sets this book apart is a strong dialog between experiment and theory that has the potential to solve some majorissues in many-body physics. The ideas and methods developed here are bound to have repercussions in all spheres of physics.