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Applications of Statistical and Field Theory Methods to Condensed Matter (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Applications of Statistical and Field Theory Methods to Condensed Matter (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Series: NATO Science Series B:, 218
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There is no doubt that we have, during the last decade, moved into
a "golden age" of condensed matter science. The sequence of
discoveries of novel new states of matter and their rapid
assimilation into experimental and theoretical research, as well as
devices, has been remarkable. To name but a few: spin glasses;
incommensurate, fractal, quasicrystal structures; synthetic metals;
quantum well fabrication; fractional quantum Hall effect: solid
state chaos; heavy fermions; and most spectacularly
high-temperature superconductivity. This rapid evolution has been
marked by the need to address the reality of materials in "extreme"
conditions - - disordered, nonlinear systems in reduced dimensions,
restricted geometries and at mesoscopic scales, often with striking
competitions between several length and frequency scales, and
between strong electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions.
In such new territory it is not surprising that very
interdisciplinary approaches are being explored and traditional
boundaries between subjects and disciplines re-defined. In theory,
this is evident, for instance, in attempts: (1) to advance the
state of the art for elec tronic structure calculations so as to
handle strongly interacting many-body systems and delicate
competitions for collective ground states (spin models or
many-electron Hamiltoni ans, field theory, band structure, quantum
chemistry and numerical approaches); or (2) to understand pattern
formation and complex (including chaotic) dynamics in extended sys
tems. This demands close involvement with applied mathematics,
numerical simulations and statistical mechanics techniques.
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