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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 December 2009
      19 July 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511618956
      9780521874991
      9780521188005
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618956
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.23kg, 552 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.87kg, 552 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Physics, Statistical Physics
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    Quantum field theory is the application of quantum mechanics to systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom. This 2007 textbook presents quantum field theoretical applications to systems out of equilibrium. It introduces the real-time approach to non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and the quantum field theory of non-equilibrium states in general. It offers two ways of learning how to study non-equilibrium states of many-body systems: the mathematical canonical way and an easy intuitive way using Feynman diagrams. The latter provides an easy introduction to the powerful functional methods of field theory, and the use of Feynman diagrams to study classical stochastic dynamics is considered in detail. The developed real-time technique is applied to study numerous phenomena in many-body systems. Complete with numerous exercises to aid self-study, this textbook is suitable for graduate students in statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.

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