LEADER 02903nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910813979203321 005 20230725031456.0 010 $a1-283-14817-X 010 $a9786613148179 010 $a1-84816-281-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000095532 035 $a(EBL)737600 035 $a(OCoLC)733047765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525160 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12149715 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525160 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488901 035 $a(PQKB)10247207 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC737600 035 $a(WSP)0000P592 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL737600 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479702 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL314817 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000095532 100 $a20100825d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQuantum field theory and its macroscopic manifestations$b[electronic resource] $eBoson condensation, ordered patterns and topological defects /$fMassimo Blasone, Petr Jizba & Giuseppe Vitiello 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (545 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84816-280-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; 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 quantization 327 $a10. Elements of soliton theory and related conceptsBibliography; Index 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aQuantum field theory 606 $aQuantum theory 606 $aCrystals 606 $aFerromagnetism 606 $aSuperconductors 615 0$aQuantum field theory. 615 0$aQuantum theory. 615 0$aCrystals. 615 0$aFerromagnetism. 615 0$aSuperconductors. 676 $a530.14/3 700 $aBlasone$b Massimo$0477328 701 $aJizba$b Petr$0618869 701 $aVitiello$b Giuseppe$07942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813979203321 996 $aQuantum field theory and its macroscopic manifestations$91072275 997 $aUNINA