Quantum Phase Transitions

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This book is an attempt to give a theoretical introduction into so-called Quantum Phase Transitions, or more precisely the phase transitions driven by the quantum (instead of the thermal) fluctuations. Theoretical investigations of this phenomenon is known since the 1970s, when the Ising model in a transverse field was studied in great detail. It is known experimentally that quantum fluctuations can drive as well as suppress phase transitions. One of the most sound observation of this last property of the quantum fluctuations is known as the ``virtual structural transitions in perovskites. Unfortunately this feature of quantum fluctuations is almost missed in the book. Another remark is that the known rigorous results on quantum fluctuations in Statistical Mechanics are absent. The Part I of the book contains a very comprehensive Introduction to I.1 Basic Concepts, I.2 The Mapping to Classical Statistical Mechanics: Single-Site Models, and I.3 Overview. The Part II Quantum Ising and Rotator Models is in a sense the main and the most detailed part of the book. It is dedicated to II.4 The Ising Chain in a Transverse Field, II.5 Quantum Rotator Models: Large-\(N\) Limit, II.6 The \(d=1\), \(O(N\geq 3)\) Rotor Models, II.7 The \(d=2\), \(O(N\geq 3)\) Rotor Models, II.8 Physics Close to and Above the Upper-Critical Dimensions, and II.8 Transport in \(d=2\). In Part III the author discusses Other Models. They are: III.10 Boson Hubbard Model, III.11 Dilute Fermi and Bose Gases, III.12 Phase Transitions of Fermi Liquids, III.13 Heisenberg Spins: Ferromagnets and Antiferromagnetics, III.14 Spin Chains: Bosonization, III.15 Magnetic Ordering Transitions of Disordered Systems, and III.16 Quantum Spin Glasses. A huge collection of theoretical observations and experimental facts united in this book by the Quantum Phase Transitions concept makes it attractive for reading.




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