150 Years of Quantum Many-Body Theory

In July 2000, a conference was held to honour the 65th birthdays of four of the leading international figures in the field of quantum many-body theory. The joint research careers of John Clark, Alpo Kallio, Manfred Ristig and Sergio Rosati total some 150 years, and this festschrift celebrated their achievements. The topics in this book reflect their diversity, ranging from formal aspects to real systems, including nuclear and subnuclear systems, quantum fluids and solids, quantum spin systems and strongly correlated electron systems.

The book collects more than 30 contributions from eminent scientists, chosen from the participants at the conference and from colleagues. Together they provide a vivid overview of current work across the spectrum of quantum many-body theory.