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A question on the existence of Dirac points in graphene?
As we know, there are two distinct Dirac points for the free electrons in graphene. Which means that the energy spectrum of the 2$\times$2 Hermitian matrix $H(k_x,k_y)$ has two degenerate points $K$ ...
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Basic Question - Green's Functions in Quantum Mechanics
I am trying to learn about Green's functions as part of my graduate studies and have a rather basic question about them:
In my maths textbooks and a lot of places online, the basic Greens function G ...
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Mathematical rigorous introduction to solid state physics
I am looking for a good mathematical rigorous introduction to solid state physics. The style and level for this solid state physics book should be comparable to Abraham Marsdens Foundations of ...
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Thermodynamic limit “vs” the method of steepest descent
Let me use this lecture note as the reference.
I would like to know how in the above the expression (14) was obtained from expression (12).
In some sense it makes intuitive sense but I would ...
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Literature on fractal properties of quasicrystals
At the seminar where the talk was about quasicrystals, I mentioned that some results on their properties remind the fractals. The person who gave the talk was not too fluent in a rigor mathematics ...
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Fourier analysis in crystallography
What is the best reference for an introduction to the use of Fourier analysis in crystallography?
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What is known about some massive Gaussian models on a lattice?
Recently I started to play with some massive Gaussian models on a lattice. Motivation being that I work on massless models and want to understand the massive case because it seems easier to handle ...
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A pedestrian explanation of conformal blocks
I would be very happy if someone could take a stab at conveying what conformal blocks are and how they are used in conformal field theory (CFT). I'm finally getting the glimmerings of understanding ...
