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The Casimir Effect
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Of value to the general scientific public, this is the first book in the world scientific literature devoted to the Casimir effect. This topic has important applications in the fields of elementary particle physics, statistical physics, quantum field theory, gravitation and cosmology.
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This concise introduction to the key concepts and tools of modern statistical mechanics is self-contained. Combining analytical and numerical techniques, it also covers advanced topics such as non-relativistic quantum field theory. After introducing classical analytical techniques, the authors present important numerical methods and a diverse range of applications. Quantum statistical mechanics is then analyzed and applied to topics in astrophysics and cosmology. Combining the authors' many years' experience of teaching courses in this area, this textbook is ideal for advanced students in physics, chemistry and mathematics.
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Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 2: Non-Classical Fields (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)
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Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 2 - Non-Classical Fields continues the development of the methods used in quantum optics to treat open quantum systems and their fluctuations. Its early chapters build upon the phase-space methods introduced in the first volume
Statistical Methods in Quantum Optics 1 - Matter Equations and Fokker-Planck Equations: the difficulties these methods face in treating non-classical light are exposed, where the regime of large fluctuations – failure of the system size expansion – is shown to be particularly problematic. Cavity QED is adopted as a natural vehicle for extending quantum noise theory into this regime. In response to the issues raised, the theory of quantum trajectories is presented as a universal approach to the treatment of fluctuations in open quantum systems.
This book presents its material at a level suitable for beginning researchers or students in an advanced course in quantum optics, or a course in quantum mechanics or statistical physics that deals with open quantum systems. The text is complemented by exercises and interspersed notes that point the reader to side issues or a deeper exploration of the material presented.
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Acclaimed by American Scientist as "a classic text on field theoretic methods in statistical physics," this comprehensive introduction to the many-body theory and its ramifications was written by three internationally known Russian physicists. It constitutes an invaluable guide to physicists, mathematicians, and others involved in statistical and solid state physics.
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Very good book.......2007-09-25
This book is one of the most known treating about QFT in non-zero temperatures and it doesn't need an advertisement. One think that redactors should think about is size of the fonts. Letters are really to small...
I Believe It's Pronounced: "Ah-brick-oh-sov, Gore-cawV, and Dee-ah-low-shin-ski".......2006-02-05
This is a serious book with a seriously long title and three seriously hard-to-pronounce author-names.
Of course, as the other reviewers have already stated, this book is a Classic. It is also, as one other reviewer has proclaimed, not a book from which I would like to learn quantum field theory.
"Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics" by A.A. Abrikosov, L. P. gorkox, and I.E. Dzyaloshinski (or "AGD" as it is known) is thought of by many as the be all and end all of field theory texts in the condensed matter physics world.
But, AGD should not be thought of as a book that introduces the reader to field theory. You definitely must have studied field theory (either relativistic or non-relativistic) from an introductory book that uses the canonical formalism before attempting to get anything out of AGD.
For example, if you are not already familiar with Wick's Theorem and how to prove it, then you will get very little out of AGD's single paragraph of text which "proves" the thoerem. On the other hand, if you already know of Wick's theorem you may find the proof in AGD rather cute. As for me, when I read the one paragraph of text that AGD put forward as a "proof" of Wick's Theorem, I immediately puked in my own mouth.
Yummy.
Another downside to AGD is the fact that they do not even mention the path integral formalism. Everything is done in the canonical formalism, as you might expect from a bunch of old school Russians.
Finally, I will repeat that this book IS a Classic, and there is a ton of great stuff in this book. If you are a serious student of condensed matter physics then you must have this book. If, on the other hand, you are trying to learn field theory for the first time, then go buy "Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell" by Zee.
Sorry to differ from the reader below........2004-08-05
This book is little or no use unless you have a very strong background in
field theoretical methods. If you are a seasoned pro. you might find it
useful but if you want to teach yourself.... you will soon get frustrated.
Still my hat's off to the authors who pioneered the area.
Conclusion: if you are a PhD student, get Fetter & Walecka instead.
Possibly the best book on diagrams you can find.......2001-02-09
This is a classic, and quite possibly it doesn't get any better than this to teach you the technique. For those used to a textbook style, this will be a bit of an unpleasant surprise, because writing is somewhat condensed, but that's quite typical for the old Russian school of theoretical physics. However, all the important issues are properly stressed, all derivations are rigorous, and what is most important, the physical reasoning is clear an to the point.
A Classic.......2000-05-24
This book is a classic in the subject of quantum many-body theory.Written in the sixties by the Russuian school,it gives extremely succinct but potent account of the the subject.The whole book is guided with the spirit of Landau's Fermi liquid theory.
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Review OF Parisi's Statistical Field Theory.......2000-03-30
This book presents a fairly complete description of field theoretic methods to varied fields of physics. The presentation is quite clear and complete. I recommend these books to any one interested in field theory in statistical mechanics or in quantum field theory.
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Quantum Geometry: A Statistical Field Theory Approach (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
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This graduate level text describes in a unified fashion the statistical mechanics of random walks, random surfaces and random higher dimensional manifolds with an emphasis on the geometrical aspects of the theory and applications to the quantization of strings, gravity and topological field theory. With chapters on random walks, random surfaces, two-and higher-dimensional quantum gravity, topological quantum field theories and Monte Carlo simulations of random geometries, the text provides a self-contained account of quantum geometry from a statistical field theory point of view. The approach uses discrete approximations and develops analytical and numerical tools. Continuum physics is recovered through scaling limits at phase transition points and the relation to conformal quantum field theories coupled to quantum gravity is described. The most important numerical work is covered, but the main aim is to develop mathematically precise results that have wide applications. Many diagrams and references are included.
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Quantum Non-linear Sigma-Models: From Quantum Field Theory to Supersymmetry, Conformal Field Theory, Black Holes and Strings (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)
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The book is considered a systematic presentation of the modern quantum field theory of non-linear sigma-models. The contents is based on original papers. Geometrical properties and renormalization of a generic non-linear sigma-model are considered in detail, and illustrated by explicit multi-loop calculations in perturbation theory. Some non-perturbative results are derived for the conformally invariant non-linear sigma-model. Supersymmetric extensions are given for most contructions, with emphasis on their relation to complex geometry. Applications of non-linear sigma-models in conformal theory, gauge theory, string theory, and general relativity are given. The book addresses graduate sutdents and researchers in physics and mathematics.
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Based on the NSF-CBMS Regional Conference lectures presented by Miwa in June 1993, this book surveys recent developments in the interplay between solvable lattice models in statistical mechanics and representation theory of quantum affine algebras. Because results in this subject were scattered in the literature, this book fills the need for a systematic account, focusing attention on fundamentals without assuming prior knowledge about lattice models or representation theory. After a brief account of basic principles in statistical mechanics, the authors discuss the standard subjects concerning solvable lattice models in statistical mechanics, the main examples being the spin $1/2$ XXZ chain and the six-vertex model. The book goes on to introduce the main objects of study, the corner transfer matrices and the vertex operators, and discusses some of their aspects from the viewpoint of physics. Once the physical motivations are in place, the authors return to the mathematics, covering the Frenkel-Jing bosonization of a certain module, formulas for the vertex operators using bosons, the role of representation theory, and correlation functions and form factors. The limit of the $XXX$ model is briefly discussed, and the book closes with a discussion of other types of models and related works.
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Unsettling Even For Modern Eyes.......2007-10-08
The Comte de Lautremont's (1846-70) amazingly wierd, blasphemous, quasi-"stream of consciousness"-style, surrealistic, fantastic prose-poem, "Maldoror", has been quite appropriately described as "half vision, half-nightmare -- of angels and gravediggers, hermaphrodites and pederasts, lunatics and strange children." Indeed, this "astonishing" writing is starkly and unapologetically larded with unmitigated violence, chthonic bloodshed, and primal savagery -- "delirious, erotic,...grandiose by turns" -- revoltingly macabre, obsessive (like much of Sade), bitterly and maliciously satirical, misanthropic, mind numbingly hallucinatory (like a menacing pedal point or sinister sympatheitic drone), and much focused on destruction and ruin. Be advised, prospective reader, that this is not stuff for delicate sentiments or Wal-Mart "smiley faces". However, if you are moved by the dark, Southern Gothic works of Edgar Allen Poe, you may get caught up in Ducasse's "roman noir"
Originally entitled "Chants de Maldoror" and first published in 1868, this work -- penned by a Frenchman named Isidore Ducasse who was born in Montevideo and who died in Paris -- was acclaimed by the early surrealists (e.g.- Jarry, Modigliani, Verlaine, Gide, Breton, et. al.) and elite "fashionistas" of the turn-of-the-century "avant-garde" as a spiritually formative work of genius, apparently due to its pronounced and darkly sadistic, extremist wordsmithery, coupled with an utterly debauched abandonment to fantasy and dreams, and its unwavering adherence to the amoral mantra, "art for art's sake". Also, the author's mysterious life, about which little definitive is known other than that he was foreign-born and died quite young (always seemingly appropriate in artistic lore and consumptive mythology), no doubt resonated a certain "cache".
It's a minor miracle that Ducasse was even able to find someone willing to print and distribute his material, especially in 1868! At the time, apparently in an effort to calm and reassure his anxious, shakey publisher, Ducasse sent a letter which, in part, read, "I have written of evil, as Mickiewicz, Byron, Milton, Southey, A. de Musset, Baudelaire, etc. have all done."
Included in this Penguin Classics edition are also Ducasse's strange, aphoristic poems, perhaps best described as frequently contradictory and paradoxical quasi-maxims (by the way, a very popular literary form when he was working). While these have certain dark beauties and memorable moments, they are largely derivative, involving reworked, rephrased borrowings and gleanings from Descartes, Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, Vauvenargues, and others.
In any case, Lautremont's (Ducassee's) ouput will unsettle even the most jaded of modern readers -- an amazing thing, considering this work dates from the 1860s!
Forever beautiful.......2006-12-12
What to say about Maldoror that hasn't been said yet? What to say about the mysterious son of a diplomat who appeared in France, wrote this book and died, vanishing from the world, yet leaving his mark for decades and centuries yet to come?
The first time I had the pleasure of reading this exceptional work, I was taken aback. Barely seventeen, I hungrily swallowed the disturbing images leaping at me from the pages, not to fully comprehend them until years later. This work, over a century old, is believed to be the first work, the foundation stone of the surrealist movement, a movement that penetrated into every aspect of art, life, being; whether we are willing to admit it or not, this work is as important today as it was when originally published in 1868 (well, at least a part of it was). The world was not ready to receive the complete self-awarness of evil Maldoror so fully comprehends, and the world is still not ready. This work is certainly not to be read by a "closed" mind. It is said that to be creative, one must borderline insanity, yet, Lautreamont was playing with genius; a genius of a caliber capable of scaring away even the most immodest of us. But get deeper into his work, walk past the disturbed images, surpass your fears and you shall see the light. This work cannot be ignored, cannot be left to collect dust. I have owned several copies over the past 14 years, and I am still finding new meanings, new passages and new understanding in this wonderful work. This trully is the one book that will never get old, that will always keep on giving, as long as one is ready to listen.
Lautreamont's ''Maldoror'': dissections, umbrellas, & alot of twisted sh*t.......2006-06-30
Written under the pseudonym ''Comte de Lautreamont'' by South-American born Frenchman Isidore Ducasse in the mid-nineteenth century, ''Les Chants de Maldoror'' (''Songs of Maldoror'') is without doubt one of the darkest, most bizzare, most morbidly misanthropic works of literature ever penned.
Considered by many to be the first (and possibly still the finest) example of Surrealist writing, ''Maldoror'', as well as it's shadowy author (about whom virtually nothing is known, aside from the above-stated facts) exerted a tremendous influence on succeeding generations of artists, from Paul Verlaine and Andre Gide to Breton and Modigliani.
Does the book deserve it's reputation as a surreal masterpiece? Certainly reading it is an unpleasant, unsettling, hallucinatory experience. There is no central plot, apart from the theme of the villanous titular character whose existence is an ongoing strugle with God and morality; and the lack of any clear narrative outline, as well as the uncertain sanity and morality of the author, produces on the reader a most startling and chilling effect. In a word, YES. Hell yes.
Yet it was precisely this sense of complacency which the author intended to undermine: for, at a time when the most popular schools of writing were Realism and Romanticism, the most widely read authors the likes of Hugo, Dickens, and Scott, an obscure and ingenious young Frenchman was fastidiously gnawing away at the seams of literature, crafting a strange and sinister dream-world with an insidious nightmarish quality all it's own.
''Maldoror'' is, at best, a fascinating blend of poetic language and spectacularly creepy, delirious imagery, though much of it's perverse violence and notoriously blasphemous ideology (i.e good and evil are concepts are concepts which can go hand in hand, God is a deranged and simpering pederast) may be difficult to swallow, even for the most open-minded of individuals. As Lautreamont himself states from the beginning, ''Only a few will be capable of savoring this bitter fruit with impugnity''.
(demonic chuckle)
After the tempest.......2006-06-25
Many of the reviewers on this site wrote spot-on commentary of the book. It seems, at its core, Maldoror is a misanthropic treatise that curses and maligns humanity, depicting innumerable "sins" and sufferings. The narrative switches from third-person to that of the anti-hero, Maldoror, on alarming occasions. It is unsettling to note how often Lautreamont's masterpiece scorns mankind and God, especially just how often we might sympathize with him. I don't know how unprecedented this style of writing was when he wrote it (not informed enough), but I know that this book is a disoriented, hallucinatory trip. Maldoror is an existential book that compels the reader to check his/her morals and attitude toward humanity. It's immediately a nihilistic book, but maybe you'll notice an ethical undercurrent more than anything else. Awesome, strange book; Like nothing else I've read.
Not the best translation.......2000-10-02
I must say I do prefer the Lykiard translation to this one. Check it out.
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