Part I: Physical Chemistry. Part II: Solid State Physics (The Collected Works / The Scientific Papers)
Part I: Physical Chemistry. Part II: Solid State Physics (The Collected Works / The Scientific Papers) by Arthur S. Wightman
English | 1997 | ISBN: 3642638244 | 456 Pages | PDF | 65 MB
English | 1997 | ISBN: 3642638244 | 456 Pages | PDF | 65 MB
The fourth volume of the Collected Works is devoted to Wigners contribution to physical chemistry, statistical mechanics and solid-state physics. One corner stone was his introduction of what is now called the Wigner function, while his paper on adiabatic perturbations foreshadowed later work on Berry phases. Although few in number, Wigners articles on solid-state physics laid the foundations for the modern theory of the electronic structure of metals.