ISBN: 978-1-84265-714-0 
Publication Year:   2012
Pages:   446
Binding:   Hard Back

GREEN’S FUNCTION IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS introduces in detail the basic theories of the commonly-used monomer and multi-body Green function in condensed matter physics. It introduces the Feynman graphic technique and equation of motion method regarding multi-body Green function, mainly in the aspect of weak coupling superconductor, Heisenberg magnetic system and mesoscopic transport. The book also explains the concepts and deduces the formulas in great details. It is very learner-friendly with its content level going gradually from being easy to being difficult.

Part I: Green’s Functions in Mathematical Physics - Time-Independent Green’s Functions / Time-dependent Green’s Functions / Part II: One-Body Green’s Functions - Physical Significance of One-Body Green’s Functions / Green’s Functions and Perturbation Theory / Green’s Functions for Tight-Binding Hamiltonians / Single Impurity Scattering / Extension Theory for Lattice Green’s Functions / Part III: Many-Body Green’s Functions - Field Operators and Three Pictures / Definition and Properties of Many-Body Green’s Functions / The Diagram Technique for Zero-Temperature Green’s Functions / Definition and Properties of Matsubara Green’s Functions / Diagram Technique for the Matsubara Green’s Functions / Three Approximation Schemes of the Diagram Technique / Linear Response Theory / The Equation of Motion Technique for the Green’s Functions / Magnetic Systems Described by Heisenberg Model / The Green’s Functions for Boson Systems with Condensation / Superconductors with Weak Interaction Between Electrons / Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions / Electronic Transport through a Mesoscopic Structure / Appendixes / Index.