The Statistical Mechanics of Quantum Lattice Systems [[electronic resource] ] : A Path Integral Approach / / Sergio Albeverio, Yuri Kondratiev, Yuri Kozitsky, Michael Röckner

• Autore: Albeverio Sergio
• Pubblicazione: Zuerich, Switzerland, : European Mathematical Society Publishing House, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Analytical mechanics; Statistical mechanics, structure of matter; Functional analysis
• Classificazione: 82-xx46-xx
• Persona (resp. second.): KondratievYuri; KozitskyYuri; RöcknerMichael
• Sommario/riassunto: Quantum statistical mechanics plays a major role in many fields such as, for instance, thermodynamics, plasma physics, solid-state physics, and the study of stellar structure. While the theory of quantum harmonic oscillators is relatively simple, the case of anharmonic oscillators, a mathematical model of a localized quantum particle, is more complex and challenging. Moreover, infinite systems of interacting quantum anharmonic oscillators possess interesting ordering properties with respect to quantum stabilization. This book presents a rigorous approach to the statistical mechanics of such systems, in particular with respect to their actions on a crystal lattice. The text is addressed to both mathematicians and physicists, especially those who are concerned with the rigorous mathematical background of their results and the kind of problems that arise in quantum statistical mechanics. The reader will find here a concise collection of facts, concepts, and tools relevant for the application of path integrals and other methods based on measure and integration theory to problems of quantum physics, in particular the latest results in the mathematical theory of quantum anharmonic crystals. The methods developed in the book are also applicable to other problems involving infinitely many variables, for example, in biology and economics.
• Altri titoli varianti: Statistical Mechanics of Quantum Lattice Systems
• Titolo autorizzato: The Statistical Mechanics of Quantum Lattice Systems
• ISBN: 3-03719-570-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910151933203321
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