An introduction to a realistic quantum physics /

An introduction to a realistic quantum physics /

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Author / Creator:Preparata, Giuliano.
Imprint:River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2002.
Description:1 online resource (x, 73 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Quantum theory.
Quantum theory.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213052
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ISBN:9789812776495
9812776494
9789812381767
9812381767
9812381767
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 73).
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Summary:This book is a remarkable synthesis, a clear and simple introduction to quantum physics with a sort of Galilean dialogue on the supreme systems of contemporary physics. The author, whose research interests and work extended from quarks to liquid systems and from crystals to stars, introduces the common conceptual and mathematical framework of all quantum theories, realistic enough to successfully confront nature: quantum field theory applied to the study of both dilute and condensed matter. In the dilute limit, quantum mechanics is shown to be a good approximation to quantum field theory. However, in condensed matter physics the problem of the ground state, which acts as a kind of template for physical reality, is studied under the hypothesis that the standard perturbative vacuum is unstable with respect to a new coherent vacuum, whose spectrum emerges quite naturally through a simple variational procedure.
Other form:Print version: Preparata, Giuliano. Introduction to a realistic quantum physics. River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2002

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