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- Uniform Title
- Conductor-insulator quantum phase transitions (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
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- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2012472515
- OCLC
- ssj0000736838
- Title
Conductor-insulator quantum phase transitions [electronic resource] / edited by Vladimir Dobrosavljevic, Nandini Trivedi, James M. Valles, Jr.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Description
1 online resource (xv, 566 p.) : ill. (some col.)
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Summary
"Quantum phase transitions describe the violent rearrangement of electrons or atoms as they evolve from well defined excitations in one phase to a completely different set of excitations in another. The chapters in this book give insights into how a coherent metallic or superconducting state can be driven into an incoherent insulating state by increasing disorder, magnetic field, carrier concentration and inter-electron interactions. The problem necessarily involves many interacting particles and therein lies the challenge to develop a multi-faceted theory. Experiments probing microscopic structure, transport, charge and spin dynamics provide important clues. What sets this book apart is a strong dialog between experiment and theory that has the potential to solve some major issues in many-body physics. The ideas and methods developed here are bound to have repercussions in all spheres of physics."--P. [4] of cover.
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Dobrosavljević, Vladimir.
Trivedi, Nandini, 1959-
Valles, James M.