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Fermi liquid theory: A brief survey in memory of Gerald E. Brown

Nuclear Theory 2015-06-19 v2

Abstract

I present a brief review of Fermi liquid theory, and discuss recent work on Fermi liquid theory in dilute neutron matter and cold atomic gases. I argue that renewed interest in transport properties of quantum fluids provides fresh support for Landau's approach to Fermi liquid theory, which is based on kinetic theory rather than effective field theory and the renormalization group. I also discuss work on non-Fermi liquids, in particular dense quark matter.

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@article{arxiv.1403.7166,
  title  = {Fermi liquid theory: A brief survey in memory of Gerald E. Brown},
  author = {Thomas Schaefer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.7166},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages, submitted to Nuclear Physics A (Gerry Brown memorial volume); revised, minor corrections