The Mott Metal-Insulator Transition

The metal-insulator transition due to electron-electron interactions is one of the most celebrated but least understood problems in condensed-matter physics. Here this subject is comprehensively reviewed for the first time since Sir Nevill Mott's monograph of 1990. A pedagogical introduction to the basic concepts for the Mott transition, the Hubbard model, and various analytical approaches to correlated electron systems is presented. A new classification scheme for Mott insulators is proposed. This book is a reference in the field of electron transport in condensed matter. This is the Online-only versionof the out-of-print volume with ISBN 3-540-61481-8. Orders and password only via Springer Heidelberg. Scientists affiliated with institutes with standing orders to STMP have full access to the book in PDF format when asking for a password (orders@springer.de). System required: Netscape navigator/communicator, v. 4.x or higher or Internet explorer v. 5.x or higher and all features only viewed with Adobe Acrobat reader 4.0 or higher.