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Conductor-insulator quantum phase transitions / edited by Vladimir Dobrosavljevic, Nandini Trivedi, James M. Valles, Jr.

By: Vladimir Dobrosavljevic [Editor].
Contributor(s): Dobrosavljević, Vladimir | Trivedi, Nandini, 1959- | Valles, James M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Description: xv, 566 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780199592593; 0199592594.Subject(s): Phase transformations (Statistical physics) | Quantum statisticsDDC classification: 530.474 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Full Text | Full Text Summary: "Quantum phase transitions describe the violent rearrangement of electrons or atoms as they evolve from well defined excitations in one phase to a completely different set of excitations in another. The chapters in this book give insights into how a coherent metallic or superconducting state can be driven into an incoherent insulating state by increasing disorder, magnetic field, carrier concentration and inter-electron interactions. The problem necessarily involves many interacting particles and therein lies the challenge to develop a multi-faceted theory. Experiments probing microscopic structure, transport, charge and spin dynamics provide important clues. What sets this book apart is a strong dialog between experiment and theory that has the potential to solve some major issues in many-body physics. The ideas and methods developed here are bound to have repercussions in all spheres of physics."--P. [4] of cover.
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"Quantum phase transitions describe the violent rearrangement of electrons or atoms as they evolve from well defined excitations in one phase to a completely different set of excitations in another. The chapters in this book give insights into how a coherent metallic or superconducting state can be driven into an incoherent insulating state by increasing disorder, magnetic field, carrier concentration and inter-electron interactions. The problem necessarily involves many interacting particles and therein lies the challenge to develop a multi-faceted theory. Experiments probing microscopic structure, transport, charge and spin dynamics provide important clues. What sets this book apart is a strong dialog between experiment and theory that has the potential to solve some major issues in many-body physics. The ideas and methods developed here are bound to have repercussions in all spheres of physics."--P. [4] of cover.

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