1st Edition

Quantum Transport Theory

By Jorgen Rammer Copyright 2004
540 Pages
by CRC Press

540 Pages
by CRC Press

540 Pages
by CRC Press

This book provides an introduction to transport theory, the kinetic equation approach and shows the utility of Feynman diagrams in non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics. It is helpful for a wider audience than students of condensed matter physics and physicists in general.

Frontiers in Physics -- Editor’s Foreword -- Preface -- Quantum Mechanics -- Diagrammatic Perturbation Theory -- Particle in a Random Potential -- Kinetics in a Random Potential -- Fermi Gas in a Random Potential -- Particle in Oscillator Environment -- Linear Response Theory -- Linear Response of Disordered Conductors -- Localization -- Interactions in Metals -- Weak Localization -- Path Integrals and Propagators -- Dirac’s Delta Function -- Antilinear Operators -- Calculation of Φ -- Static Correlation Function

Biography

Rammer, Jorgen