Many-body approaches at different scales : a tribute to Norman H. March on the occasion of his 90th birthday /: a tribute to Norman H. March on the occasion of his 90th birthday. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: G.G.N Angilella, C. Amovilli, editors.
• Editors: Angilella, G. G. N; Amovilli, C
• Other Names: March, Norman H (Norman Henry) 1927- honouree.
• Contents: Part I Condensed matter theory -- 1 Correlations in the superconducting properties of several material Classes -- 2 Viscous electron liquids in encapsulated grapheme -- 3 Computer simulations of the structure of nanoporous carbons and higher density phases of carbon -- 4 On Dirac points in the Harper model -- 5 Theory of Mott localization in silicone -- 6 Molecular ordering in covalent lattices -- 7 An ab initio evaluation of Mott properties -- 8 Wavefunctions for large electron numbers: the Exponential Wall problem -- 9 Electron tunneling excitation of a coupled two impurity system -- 10 Quantifying the effect of point and line defect densities on the melting temperature in the transition metals -- 11 Application of the plane-wave-based perturbation theory to the density modulation induced by a point charge in an electron gas -- 11.1 Introduction -- 12 An overview of concepts in liquid state physics -- 13 Structure of water in dilute ionic solutions -- 14 Atomic spectra calculations using a solvable model potential for fusion plasma engineering -- 15 Solar cell efficiency: the Shockley-Queisser limit revisited -- Part II Theoretical chemistry -- 16 Shannon entropy and correlation energy for electrons in atoms -- 17 On combinatoric identities for electron-pair wavefunctions -- 18 From molecules and clusters of atoms to solid state properties -- 19 Alchemical derivatives of atoms: a walk through the periodic table -- 20 Title to be announced -- 21 Orbital-free density functional theory: Pauli potential and density scaling -- 22 The role of the N-representability in one-particle functional theories -- 23 Title to be announced -- Part III Theoretical physics -- 24 Energy density functional theory in atomic and nuclear physics -- 25 Second order exchange energy of a d-dimensional electron fluid -- 26 Nonlocal quantum kinetic theory and the formation of correlations -- 27 Numerical evidence of Sinai-like diffusion of random-mass Dirac-Klein particles -- 28 Topological effects and critical phenomena in the three-dimensional (3D) Ising model -- 29 Do symmetry-breaking transitions in photosynthetic light harvesting complexes form a Kibble-Zurek Model (KZM) topological defect? -- 30 The universe as a quantum many-body system -- Author index -- Keyword index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 385 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530.14/4; Physics; Many-body problem; Condensed matter; SCIENCE -- Energy; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; Condensed matter; Many-body problem; Science -- Chemistry -- Physical & Theoretical; Science -- Molecular Physics; Science -- Mathematical Physics; Quantum & theoretical chemistry; Atomic & molecular physics; Mathematical physics; Chemistry; Technology & Engineering -- Superconductors & Superconductivity; Semi-conductors & super-conductors; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319723747
• Related ISBNs: 331972374X; 9783319723730; 3319723731
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 29, 2018).
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