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The interplay between Quantum Field Theory (QFT) and Condensed Matter Physics (CMP) is not at all surprising since condensed matter systems usually involve a large number of degrees of freedom interacting among themselves. In fact, the description of a condensed-matter system in terms of interacting quantum fields dates back at least to the late Fifties [1]. However, and until quite recently, the use of field-theoretic techniques has not gone much beyond the framework of perturbative expansions, mean-field approaches and/or, at most, selective resummation of some classes of Feynman diagrams.
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Morandi, G., Sodano, P., Tagliacozzo, A., Tognetti, V. (2000). Introduction. In: Morandi, G., Sodano, P., Tagliacozzo, A., Tognetti, V. (eds) Field Theories for Low-Dimensional Condensed Matter Systems. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 131. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04273-1_1
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