Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics

• 1. Introduction and a Brief Review of Experimentally Available Systems ; 2. Quantum Transport, Anderson Localization ; 3. Dephasing by Coupling with the Environment, Applications to Coloumb Electron-Electron Interactions in Metals ; 4. Mesoscopic Effects in Equilibrium and Static Proerties ; 5. Quantum Interference Effects in Transport Properties, the Landauer Formulation and Applications ; 6. The Quantum Hall Effect (QHE) ; 7. Mesoscopics with Superconductivity ; 8. Noise in Mesoscopic Systems ; Appendix ; References ; Index

Yoseph Imry's Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics is a propitious beginning for Oxford University Press's series Mesoscopic Physics and Nanotechnology... Imry, who is one of the central figures in the development of this field, provides in this text a valuable overview of these new physical phenomena... Imry takes pains to identify issues that have engendered controversy... He then explains the resolution of this controversy by more careful specification of the problem... this interesting and relatively brief new book brings the reader into contact with some exciting developments in a very active area of condensed matter physics. It provides a ready reference to the main themes and results and belongs on the desks of all workers in this field.