半古典物理学 Semiclassical Physics

Brack, Matthias/ Bhaduri, Rajat

Westview Press Inc（2003/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 480 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780813340845
• DDC分類 530

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1997.

Full Description

This book attempts to convey to the reader that semiclassical physics can be fun, as well as useful for understanding quantum fluctuations in interacting many-body systems. It presents applications to finite fermion systems in diverse areas of physics.

Contents

Editor's Foreword -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- Quantization of integrable systems -- The single-particle level density -- The extended Thomas-Fermi model -- Gutzwiller's trace formula for isolated orbits -- Extensions of the Gutzwiller theory -- Quantization of nonintegrable systems -- Shells and periodic orbits in finite fermion systems -- Concluding remarks -- The self-consistent mean field approach -- Inverse Laplace transforms -- More about the monodromy matrix -- Calculation of Maslov indices for isolated orbits