Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Gauge theories -- Gauge gravity dualityQuantum phase transitions -- Quantum Ising model -- XY model -- Other modelsGravitation -- Basics of general relativity -- Anti-de Sitter spaceAdS/CFT correspondence -- Formalism -- Scalar fields -- Finite temperature -- Finite chemical potentialDynamics -- Linear response t…
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Bibliography -- Elements of many-particle physics -- Green's functions in condensed matter physics -- Formal properties of Green's functions -- Perturbation theory and Feynman diagramsDielectric theory of the solid -- Electromagnetic fields in solids -- Dielectric properties of ionic crystals -- Dielectric response of the free electron gasTran…