Quantum Phase Transitions (Hardcover)

Part I. Introduction: 1. Basic concepts; 2. The mapping to classical statistical mechanics: single site models; 3. Overview; Part II. Quantum Ising and Rotor Models: 4. The Ising chain in a transverse field; 5. Quantum rotor models: large N limit; 6. The d = 1, 0 (N greater than or equal to 3) rotor models; 7. The d = 2 (N greater than or equal to 3) rotor models; 8. Physics close to and above the upper-critical dimension; 9. Transport in d = 2; Part III. Other Models: 10. Boston Hubbard model; 11. Dilute Fermi and Bose gases; 12. Phase transitions of Fermi liquids; 13. Heisenberg spins: ferromagnets and antiferromagnets; 14. Spin chains: bosonization; 15. Magnetic ordering transitions of disordered systems; 16. Quantum spin glasses.