FIELD-THEORY IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS

Authors
DECARVALHO CAA
Citation
Caa. Decarvalho, FIELD-THEORY IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 43(2), 1997, pp. 190-204
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Revista Mexicana de Fisica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035001X
Volume
43
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
190 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-001X(1997)43:2<190:FICMP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Field theory, born as a description of high energy physics, is also us ed at much lower energies, in condensed matter physics and statistical mechanics. We make a historical survey of how this usage evolved, fro m the Dirac equation to the present.