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Quantum Transport Theory (Frontiers in Physics)

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Quantum Transport Theory is a comprehensive account of recent achievements in the understanding of disordered conductors. In addition to detailing the density matrix description of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, Professor Rammer deals with topics that are new to the field of condensed matter physics, such as: weak localization, destruction of electronic phase coherence in disordered conductors, electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions in dirty metals, scaling theory of localization, the self-consistent theory of localization, and mesoscopic physics. The diagrammatic technique for systems out of equilibrium is developed systematically, and used to study quantum kinetic equations and linear response theory.

Table of Contents Frontiers in Physics Editor's Foreword Preface 1 Quantum Mechanics 1 2 Diagrammatic Perturbation Theory 87 3 Particle in a Random Potential 129 4 Kinetics in a Random Potential 159 5 Fermi Gas in a Random Potential 193 6 Particle in Oscillator Environment 227 7 Linear Response Theory 269 8 Linear Response of Disordered Conductors 311 9 Localization 349 10 Interactions in Metals 377 11 Weak Localization 421 A Path Integrals and Propagators 479 B Dirac's Delta Function 487 C Antilinear Operators 491 D Calculation of [Phi] 495 E Static Correlation Function 499