Bosonization and Strongly Correlated Systems

By Alexander O. Gogolin, Alexei M. Tsvelik, Alexander A. Nersesyan

This volume provides a detailed account of bosonization. This important technique represents one of the most powerful nonperturbative approaches to many-body systems currently available. The first part of the book examines the technical aspects of bosonization. Topics include one-dimensional fermions, the Gaussian model, the structure of Hilbert space in conformal theories, Bose-Einstein condensation in two dimensions, non-Abelian bosonization, and the Ising and WZNW models. The second part presents applications of the bosonization technique to realistic models including the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid, spin liquids in one dimension and the spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain with alternating exchange. The third part addresses the problems of quantum impurities. Chapters cover potential scattering, the X-ray edge problem, impurities in Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids and the multi-channel Kondo problem. This book will be an excellent reference for researchers and graduate students working in theoretical physics, condensed matter physics and field theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521617197
• ISBN13: 9780521617192
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.7"