@article{779920,
      recid = {779920},
      author = {Salasnich, Luca,},
      title = {Quantum physics of light and matter : photons, atoms, and  strongly correlated systems /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This compact but exhaustive textbook, now in its  significantly revised and expanded second edition, provides  an essential introduction to the field quantization of  light and matter with applications to atomic physics and  strongly correlated systems. Following an initial review of  the origins of special relativity and quantum mechanics,  individual chapters are devoted to the second quantization  of the electromagnetic field and the consequences of light  field quantization for the description of electromagnetic  transitions. The spin of the electron is then analyzed,  with particular attention to its derivation from the Dirac  equation. Subsequent topics include the effects of external  electric and magnetic fields on the atomic spectra and the  properties of systems composed of many interacting  identical particles. The book also provides a detailed  explanation of the second quantization of the  non-relativistic matter field, i.e., the Schrödinger field,  which offers a powerful tool for the investigation of  many-body problems, and of atomic quantum optics and  entanglement. Finally, two new chapters introduce the  finite-temperature functional integration of bosonic and  fermionic fields for the study of macroscopic quantum  phenomena: superfluidity and superconductivity. Several  solved problems are included at the end of each chapter,  helping readers put into practice all that they have  learned.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/779920},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52998-1},
}