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Plasma physics --- Electron gas --- Thomas-Fermi theory --- Electron gas. --- Thomas-Fermi theory.

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This book provides a comprehensive review of seminal as well as recent results in the theory of condensed phases, including liquid metals, quantum liquids and Wigner crystals, along with selected applications, especially in the physical chemistry of molecules and clusters. A large part of this work is dedicated to the Thomas-Fermi semiclassical approximation for molecules and condensed phases, and its extension to inhomogeneous electron liquids and liquid metals. Correlation effects in quantum liquids and Wigner crystallization are other areas of focus of this work, with an emphasis towards t

Many-body problem. --- Molecules. --- Microclusters. --- Condensed matter. --- Thomas-Fermi theory. --- Liquid metals.

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'Semiclassical Physics' emphasizes the close connection between the shorter classical periodic orbits, and the partially resolved quantum fluctuations in the level density and response of an autonomous finite quantum system. Particular care is taken to present a detailed derivation of Gutzwiller's trace formula, and its extensions to continuous symmetries, zeta function techniques, and diffractive orbits. Simple model examples are used to illustrate the formalism. The self-consistent mean-field approach to the many-body problem is used, and the extended Thomas-Fermi model posited for the average properties of finite fermion systems. Strutinsky's energy theorem is exploited to bring out the quantum effects in interacting systems. Experimental manifestations of quantum shell structure, and their understanding in terms of a few classical orbits, are illustrated in atomic nuclei, metal clusters, and mesoscopic devices. Chapters one, two, and eight are meant for the general reader interested in semiclassical physics and a survey of relevant experiments. The other five chapters give a detailed, but elementary, exposition of the theory aimed at the second-year graduate student level.

Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory --- Quantum theory. --- Mechanics. --- Path integrals. --- Thomas-Fermi theory. --- Théorie quantique --- Mécanique --- Intégrales de chemin --- Théorie quantique --- Mécanique --- Intégrales de chemin

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539.184 --- 536 --- Internal mechanics of atoms. Energy levels and structure. Excited states of atoms --- Heat. Thermodynamics --- 536 Heat. Thermodynamics --- 539.184 Internal mechanics of atoms. Energy levels and structure. Excited states of atoms --- Fermions --- Thomas-Fermi, Modèle de --- Thermodynamics. --- Thomas-Fermi theory. --- Thermodynamique.

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This collection of papers -- starting with a brilliant article by one of the masters of the field -- gives an excellent current review of our knowledge of matter. Partially basing his own work on a variational formulation of quantum mechanics, E.H. Lieb links the difficult question of the stability of matter with important problems in functional analysis. Here the reader will find general results together with deep insights into quantum systems combined with papers on the structure of atoms and molecules, the thermodynamic limit, and stellar structures. The book is suitable as an accompanying text or recommended reading for a graduate course in quantum mechanics. In the third edition, two new sections were added: one contains papers on quantum electrodynamics, and the other on Boson systems. In this fourth edition, these topics have been further developed, extending the book by approximately 120 pages.

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