A Modern Approach to Critical Phenomena

Klappentext Introduction to critical phenomena for graduates and researchers in condensed matter physics and statistical physics. Zusammenfassung This 2007 book provides a thorough introduction into the theory of critical phenomena and the renormalization group. It discusses gauge field fluctuations in superconductors! and the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. It is ideal for graduate students and researchers in the fields of condensed matter physics! statistical physics! and many-body physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Ginzburg-Landau-Wilson theory; 3. Renormalization group; 4. Superconducting transition; 5. Near lower critical dimension; 6. Kosterlitz-Thouless transition; 7. Duality in higher dimensions; 8. Quantum phase transitions; Appendix A. Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation; Appendix B. Linked-cluster theorem; Appendix C. Gauge fixing for long-range order; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Igor Herbut, Igor (Simon Fraser University Herbut, Herbut Igor, Herbut Igor
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521142380
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14238-0
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Materials / States of matter, Statistical physics