Preface; 1. Quantum fields; 2. Operators on the multi-particle state space; 3. Quantum dynamics and Green's functions; 4. Non-equilibrium theory; 5. Real-time formalism; 6. Linear response theory; 7. Quantum kinetic equations; 8. Non-equilibrium superconductivity; 9. Diagrammatics and generating functionals; 10. Effective action; 11. Disordered conductors; 12. Classical statistical dynamics; Appendices: A. Path integrals; B. Retarded and advanced propagators; C. Analytic properties of Green's functions; Bibliography; Index.
Quantum field theoretical applications for graduate students in statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
Jorgen Rammer is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Umea University, Sweden. He has also worked in Denmark, Germany, Norway, Canada and the USA. His past research interests are partly reflected in the topics of this book; his main current interests are in decoherence and charge transport in nanostructures.
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