Memory functions, projection operators, and the defect technique : some tools of the trade for the condensed matter physicist

Memory functions, projection operators, and the defect technique : some tools of the trade for the condensed matter physicist / V.M. (Nitant) Kenkre.

This book provides a graduate-level introduction to three powerful and closely related techniques in condensed matter physics: memory functions, projection operators, and the defect technique. Memory functions appear in the formalism of the generalized master equations that express the time evolutio...

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Main Author: Kenkre, V. M. (Vasudev M.), 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2021]
Series:Lecture notes in physics ; 982.
Subjects:
Condensed matter.
Condensed matter
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The Memory Function Formalism: What and Why
  • Chapter 2. Zwanzig Projection Operators: How They Yield Memories
  • Chapter 3. Building Coarse-Graining into Projections and Generalizing Energy Transfer Theory
  • Chapter 4. Relations of Memories to Other Entities and GME Solutions for the Linear Chain
  • Chapter 5. Direct Determination of Frenkel Exciton Coherence from Ronchi Ruling and Transient Grating Experiments
  • Chapter 6. Application to Charges Moving in Crystals: Resolution of the Mobility Puzzle in Naphthalene and Related Results
  • Chapter 7. Projections and Memories for Microscopic Treatment of Vibrational Relaxation
  • Chapter 8. Projection Operators for Various Contexts
  • Chapter 9. Spatial Memories and Granular Compaction
  • Chapter 10. Memories and Projections in Nonlinear Equations of Motion
  • Chapter 11. The Montroll Defect Technique and its Application to Molecular Crystals
  • Chapter 12. The Defect Technique in the Continuum
  • Chapter 13. Memory Functions from Static Disorder: Effective Medium Theory
  • Chapter 14. Effective Medium Theory Application to Molecular Movement in Cell Membranes
  • Chapter 15. A Mathematical Approach to Non-Physical Defects
  • Chapter 16. Concluding Remarks.

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