TY - BOOK ID - 80829621 TI - Quantum theory of the electron liquid AU - Giuliani, Gabriele AU - Vignale, Giovanni PY - 2005 SN - 9780511619915 9780521821124 9780521527965 051161991X 9780511410260 0511410263 0521821126 0521821126 0521527961 1107174457 1281717398 9786611717391 0511409729 0511408390 0511407629 0511409206 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Fermi liquid theory KW - Fermi surfaces KW - Hartree-Fock approximation KW - Many-body problem KW - Quantum field theory KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - n-body problem KW - Problem of many bodies KW - Problem of n-bodies KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Hartree approximation KW - Hartree-Fock-Slater approximation KW - Approximation theory KW - Atoms KW - Energy-band theory of solids KW - Self-consistent field theory KW - Surfaces, Fermi KW - Electrons KW - Free electron theory of metals KW - Quantum statistics KW - Landau Fermi liquid theory KW - Landau theory of Fermi liquids KW - Landau's theory of Fermi liquids KW - Fermi liquids UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80829621 AB - Modern electronic devices and novel materials often derive their extraordinary properties from the intriguing, complex behavior of large numbers of electrons forming what is known as an electron liquid. This book provides an in-depth introduction to the physics of the interacting electron liquid in a broad variety of systems, including metals, semiconductors, artificial nano-structures, atoms and molecules. One, two and three dimensional systems are treated separately and in parallel. Different phases of the electron liquid, from the Landau Fermi liquid to the Wigner crystal, from the Luttinger liquid to the quantum Hall liquid are extensively discussed. Both static and time-dependent density functional theory are presented in detail. Although the emphasis is on the development of the basic physical ideas and on a critical discussion of the most useful approximations, the formal derivation of the results is highly detailed and based on the simplest, most direct methods. ER -