bookOct 18, 2007Closed access

Quantum Field Theory of Many-body Systems: From the Origin of Sound to an Origin of Light and Electrons

XWXiao-Gang Wen

Abstract

1. Introduction 2. Path integral formulation of quantum mechanics 3. Interacting boson systems 4. Free fermion systems 5. Interacting fermion systems 6. Quantum gauge theories 7. Theory of quantum hall states 8. Topological and quantum order 9. Mean-field theory of spin liquid and quantum order 10. String condensation - an origin of light and fermions

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  • Physics
  • Open quantum system
  • Quantum dissipation
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Quantum Hall effect
  • Fermion
  • Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory
  • Theoretical physics
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