TY - BOOK AU - Geyer,Hendrik B. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Field Theory, Topology and Condensed Matter Physics: Proceedings of the Ninth Chris Engelbrecht Summer School in Theoretical Physics Held at Storms River Mouth, Tsitsikamma National Park, South Africa, 17–28 January 1994 T2 - Lecture Notes in Physics, SN - 9783540494553 AV - QC173.45-173.458 U1 - 530.41 23 PY - 1995/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Physics KW - Global differential geometry KW - Mathematical physics KW - Quantum theory KW - Condensed matter KW - Condensed Matter KW - Mathematical Methods in Physics KW - Numerical and Computational Methods KW - Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory KW - Differential Geometry N1 - to conformal invariance in statistical mechanics and to random surface models -- to path integrals, matrix models and strings -- Quantum hall fluids -- Topological orders and edge excitations in fractional quantum hall states -- Topological mechanism of superconductivity N2 - This topical volume contains five pedagogically written articles on the interplay between field theory and condensed matter physics. The main emphasis is on the topological aspects, and especially quantum Hall fluids, and superconductivity is treated extensively. Other topics are conformal invariance and path integrals. The articles are carefully edited so that the book could ideally serve as a text for special graduate courses UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0113366 ER -