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Symmetry breaking, quantum protectorate and quasiaverages in condensed matter physics

Journal Article · · Physics of Particles and Nuclei
Substantial progress in the understanding of the spontaneously broken symmetry concept is connected with Bogoliubov’s fundamental ideas about quasiaverages. The development and applications of the method of quasiaverages, formulated by N. N. Bogoliubov, to quantum statistical mechanics and to quantum solid state theory and, in particular, to quantum theory of magnetism, are discussed. Some physical implications involved in a new concept, termed the quantum protectorate, are considered.
OSTI ID:
22975012
Journal Information:
Physics of Particles and Nuclei, Journal Name: Physics of Particles and Nuclei Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 41; ISSN 1063-7796
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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