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Usually ships in 12-17 business days | | | | | | This comprehensive textbook utilizes Green's functions and the equations derived from them to solve real physical problems in solid-state theoretical physics. Green's functions are used to describe processes in solids and quantum fluids and to address problems in areas such as electron gas, polarons, electron transport, optical response, superconductivity and superfluidity. The updated third edition features several new chapters on different mean-free paths, Hubbard model, Coulomb blockade, and the quantum Hall effect. New sections have been added, while original sections have been modified to include recent applications. This text is ideal for third- or fourth-year graduate students and includes numerous study problems and an extensive bibliography. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Gerald D. Mahan | | Hardcover: | 1046 pages | | Publisher: | Springer | | Publication Date: | March 31, 1990 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0306434237 | | Product Length: | 0.92 inches | | Product Width: | 0.62 inches | | Product Height: | 0.2 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.26 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.22 inches | | Package Width: | 6.23 inches | | Package Height: | 2.06 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.26 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 6 reviews |
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26 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Containing too many misprints. Nov 19, 2001
Unfortunately, the 3rd edition of Mahan's book contains enormous number of misprints. Sometimes, it is impossible to understand what is meant by the author without consulting the previous edition. For example, in Sec. 4.1.5. the author refers in the text to the equation which apparently should be between Eqs. (4.126) and (4.127) but which had been omitted. At the same time, some evident drawbacks of the previous edition have not been corrected. For example, the definition of the thermodynamic average used in Sec. 3.6 is different from that used in the previous sections, although it is not mentioned in the text. Despite the book is an excellent introduction into the field of Many-Particle Physics, I would recommend to the customer to either buy the previous edition or to wait for a new one.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 If you got here, you probably need this as a reference Dec 20, 2008
By Cristiano Nisoli
Dr. Mahan has crafted a veritable encyclopedia of results and methods in quantum many body and beyond. Much more complete that others, much clearer, less pedantic, it also has the advantage of not being too wedded to any particular formalism (like e.g. Fetter Walecka does with Green functions). Dr. Mahan, does not force unifying frameworks on the issue at hand, but instead takes a more empirical approach, which allows him to present each problem in the most spontaneous and clear way. Highly recommended for all theoretical physicists.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Good book but so much money Jul 21, 2006
By Jeff
This book is massive and covers a huge spectrum of material. Probably not cost effective in comparison to Fetter and Walecka unless you get it for under eighty bucks. I enjoyed it quite a bit until the Postal Service stole it from me.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Comprehensive reference Oct 17, 2010
By Beth
If you're a condensed matter theorist, you'll want to have this book on your shelf to refer to. It is extremely comprehensive. If you're just starting out learning many body theory, I wouldn't recommend this book-- it doesn't give enough physical intuition, and because of its comprehensive nature, doesn't give you a good feeling for what is more or less important. I'd recommend reading Mattuck's "A Guide to Feynman Diagrams in the Many-Body Problem" and Bruus & Flensberg's "Many Body Quantum theory in condensed matter physics" first, and then reading Mahan. Now I'm rereading Mahan after reading Mattuck and Bruus, and I'm getting much more out of it than my first attempt.
0 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Good Book for reference Nov 29, 2008
By Saurabh Maiti
It certainly deserves the title for encyclopedia. Has a lot of thing. Must keep if you are into into condensed matter physics.
But beware of misprints!! thats why 4 stars
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