Boulevard of Broken Symmetries

Effective theories of quantumliquids (superconductors and superfluids of various types) are derived starting from microscopic models at the absolute zero of temperature. Special care is taken to assure Galilei invariance. The effective theories are employed to investigate the quantum numbers carr...

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Tác giả chính: Schakel, Adriaan M. J
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-331332014-01-20T04:07:48Z Boulevard of Broken Symmetries Schakel, Adriaan M. J Condensed Matter Effective theories of quantumliquids (superconductors and superfluids of various types) are derived starting from microscopic models at the absolute zero of temperature. Special care is taken to assure Galilei invariance. The effective theories are employed to investigate the quantum numbers carried by the topological defects present in the phases with spontaneously broken symmetries. Due to topological terms induced by quantum fluctuations, these numbers are sometimes found to be fractional. The zerotemperature effective theories are further used to study the quantum critical behavior of the liquid-to-insulator transition which these systems undergo as the applied magnetic field, the amount of impurities, or the charge carrier density varies. The classical, finite-temperature phase transitions to the normal state are discussed from the point of view of dual theories, where the defects of the original formulation become the elementary excitations. A connection with bosonization is pointed out. 2012-10-30T07:25:01Z 2012-10-30T07:25:01Z 2011 Book http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/33133 en application/pdf
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topic Condensed Matter
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Schakel, Adriaan M. J
Boulevard of Broken Symmetries
description Effective theories of quantumliquids (superconductors and superfluids of various types) are derived starting from microscopic models at the absolute zero of temperature. Special care is taken to assure Galilei invariance. The effective theories are employed to investigate the quantum numbers carried by the topological defects present in the phases with spontaneously broken symmetries. Due to topological terms induced by quantum fluctuations, these numbers are sometimes found to be fractional. The zerotemperature effective theories are further used to study the quantum critical behavior of the liquid-to-insulator transition which these systems undergo as the applied magnetic field, the amount of impurities, or the charge carrier density varies. The classical, finite-temperature phase transitions to the normal state are discussed from the point of view of dual theories, where the defects of the original formulation become the elementary excitations. A connection with bosonization is pointed out.
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title Boulevard of Broken Symmetries
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