This comprehensive review covers our current understanding of the metal-insulator transition due to electron-electron interactions. A pedagogical introduction to the basic concepts for the Mott transition, the Hubbard model, and various analytical approaches to correlated electron systems is presented. A new classification scheme for Mott insulators as Mott-Hubbard and Mott-Heisenberg insulators is proposed. Traditional methods like Hartree-Fock theory, local-density approximations, Green function decouplings, variational wave functions, and slave Boson techniques are critically examined for their potential to describe the Mott transition. Exactly solvable Hubbard-type models in one dimension and in the limit of high dimensions provide decisive clues to the mechanism behind the metal-insulator transition.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783540614814
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94700542
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Mechanical Engineering
Author
Florian Gebhard
Publication Name
The Mott Metal-Insulator Transition: Models and Methods
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
318 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
137
Item Weight
1440g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Florian Gebhard
Series Title
Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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