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Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter

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Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Collective Excitations in Quantum Materials

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In Chap. 1, we observed that understanding the excitation spectrum of a solid allows to reveal the elusive GS properties of the solid itself. Within this framework, the field of spectroscopy holds a huge promise for the future of condensed matter physics.

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Baldini, E. (2018). Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter. In: Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Collective Excitations in Quantum Materials. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77498-5_2

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