Dynamics of Heavy Electrons

• New and original interpretation of many important ideas
• Well illustrated and self-contained

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics and material science.

Yoshio Kuramoto, Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Japan, and Yoshio Kitaoka, Department of Physics, Osaka University, Japan

Preface
1: Fundamental properties of electrons in solids
2: Crossover from localized moment to local fermi or non-fermi liquid
3: Metallic and insulating phases of heavy electrons
4: Anomalous magnetism
5: Superconducting states
6: Comparison with high-temperature superconductors
A. Linear response theory
B. Spectral representation and fluctuation-dissipation theorem
C. Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory and higher-order renormalization
D. Spectral shape and relaxation rate
E. Green function in the imaginary time
F. Path integral representation of the partition function
G. Many-body perturbation theory
Index