by Enrico Lipparini (University of Trento, Italy)

Table of Contents (53k)
Preface (46k)
Chapter 1: The Independent-Particle Model (716k)

This book is devoted to the description of Bosonic and Fermionic systems: metallic clusters; quantum dots, wires, rings and molecules; trapped Fermi and Bose atoms; liquid drops of Helium; electron gas in different dimensions and geometries with and without magnetic fields.

Extensively updated with 200 extra pages, the new edition of this successful book includes the field's cutting-edge areas: spin-orbit coupling in heterostructures and spintronics; the conductivity problem: conductivity of quantum wires, magnetoconductivity of nanostructures, spin-Hall conductivity; atomic Fermi gases in traps; non-collinear local spin density approximation calculations; and Brueckner–Hartree–Fock in finite size systems.

• The Independent-Particle Model
• The Hartree–Fock Theory
• The Brueckner–Hartree–Fock Theory
• The Density Functional Theory
• The Confined 2D Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field
• Spin-Orbit Coupling in the Confined 2D Electron Gas
• Monte Carlo Methods
• The Linear Response Function Theory
• The Linear Response Function in Different Models
• Dynamic Correlations and Response Function
• The Hydrodynamic and Elastic Models