02903nam 2200685 a 450 991081397920332120230725031456.01-283-14817-X97866131481791-84816-281-2(CKB)2670000000095532(EBL)737600(OCoLC)733047765(SSID)ssj0000525160(PQKBManifestationID)12149715(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525160(PQKBWorkID)10488901(PQKB)10247207(MiAaPQ)EBC737600(WSP)0000P592(Au-PeEL)EBL737600(CaPaEBR)ebr10479702(CaONFJC)MIL314817(EXLCZ)99267000000009553220100825d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuantum field theory and its macroscopic manifestations[electronic resource] Boson condensation, ordered patterns and topological defects /Massimo Blasone, Petr Jizba & Giuseppe VitielloLondon Imperial College Press20111 online resource (545 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84816-280-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Contents; 1. The structure of the space of the physical states; 2. Inequivalent representations of the canonical commutation relations; 3. Spontaneous breakdown of symmetry and the Goldstone theorem; 4. Dynamical rearrangement of symmetry and macroscopic manifestations of QFT; 5. Thermal field theory and trajectories in the space of the representations; 6. Selected topics in thermal field theory; 7. Topological defects as non-homogeneous condensates. I; 8. Topological defects as non-homogeneous condensates. II; 9. Dissipation and quantization10. Elements of soliton theory and related conceptsBibliography; IndexThis book is a self-contained presentation of the quantum field theory of topological defects created during spontaneous symmetry breakdown phase transitions, with a particular emphasis on phenomenological issues of current interest.Quantum field theoryQuantum theoryCrystalsFerromagnetismSuperconductorsQuantum field theory.Quantum theory.Crystals.Ferromagnetism.Superconductors.530.14/3Blasone Massimo477328Jizba Petr618869Vitiello Giuseppe7942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813979203321Quantum field theory and its macroscopic manifestations1072275UNINA