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1 online resource |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of abbreviations""; ""List of contributors""; ""PART I: METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITIONS""; ""1 Introduction to Metal�Insulator Transitions""; ""1.1 Why study metal�insulator transitions?""; ""1.2 Basic mechanisms of metal�insulator transitions""; ""1.3 Current theories of the metal�insulator transition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""2 Metal�Insulator Transitions in Two-dimensional Electron Systems""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Transport properties""; ""2.3 Magnetic properties of the electron liquid at large r[sub(s)]"" |
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""2.4 Comparison with theory""""2.5 Summary""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""3 Anderson Localization""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Anderson localization""; ""3.3 Numerical simulations""; ""3.4 Experimental signatures of localization""; ""References""; ""4 Penultimate Fate of a Dirty-Fermi Liquid""; ""4.1 Experimental systems""; ""4.2 Diffusion regime""; ""4.3 Theory: background""; ""4.4 Finite-N: one loop""; ""4.5 Two loops and the metalâ€?insulator transition in the limit N → ∞""; ""4.6 Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References"" |
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""5 Numerical Studies of Metal�Insulator Transitions in Disordered Hubbard Models""""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Repulsive Hubbard model: magnetism and transport""; ""5.3 Repulsive Hubbard model: spectral function""; ""5.4 Attractive Hubbard model with site dilution""; ""5.5 Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""6 Dynamical Mean-field Theories of Correlation and Disorder""; ""6.1 Mott transitions in clean and disordered systems""; ""6.2 Mott�Anderson transitions: typical medium theory""; ""6.3 Mott�Anderson transitions: statistical DMFT"" |
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""6.4 Glassy behavior of correlated electrons""""6.5 Beyond DMFT: loop expansion and diffusion modes""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""7 Visualizing Critical Correlations Near the Metal�Insulator Transition in Ga[sub(1�x)]Mn[sub(x)]As""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Experimental results""; ""7.3 Analysis""; ""7.4 Multifractal Wavefunctions""; ""7.5 Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""8 Glassy Dynamics of Electrons Near the Metal�Insulator Transition""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Metal�insulator transitions in two dimensions"" |
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""8.3 Glassy freezing of electrons in two dimensions""""8.4 Summary""; ""8.5 Discussion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""9 Phase Competition and Inhomogeneous States as a New Paradigm for Complex Materials""; ""9.1 Introduction: general aspects of phase competition""; ""9.2 Colossal magnetoresistance trapped in a box""; ""9.3 Superconducting clustered state for underdoped cuprates""; ""9.4 Other cases of inhomogeneities in model Hamiltonians for oxides""; ""9.5 Conclusions: a new paradigm has developed""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References"" |
| Summary |
When many particles come together how do they organise themselves? And what destroys this organisation? Combining experiments and theory, this book describes intriguing quantum phases - metals, superconductors and insulators - and transitions between them |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
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Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Quantum statistics.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Quantum statistics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dobrosavljević, Vladimir, editor
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Trivedī, Nandinī, editor
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Valles, James M., editor
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| LC no. |
2012472515 |
| ISBN |
9780191642166 |
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0191642169 |
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0191741051 |
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9780191741050 |
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1280880023 |
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9781280880025 |
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