Phase Transitions and Renormalization Group

Zusatztext This book is highly recmmendable Informationen zum Autor Professor Jean Zinn-JustinHead of Department, Dapnia, CEA/Saclay, France Klappentext The renormalization group is one of most important theoretical concepts that has emerged in physics during the twentieth century. It explains important properties of fundamental interactions at the microscopic scale, as well as universal properties of continuous macroscopic phase transitions. Zusammenfassung The renormalization group is one of most important theoretical concepts that has emerged in physics during the twentieth century. It explains important properties of fundamental interactions at the microscopic scale, as well as universal properties of continuous macroscopic phase transitions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Quantum Field Theory and Renormalization Group 2: Gaussian Expectation Values. Steepest Descent Method . 3: Universality and Continuum Limit 4: Classical Statistical Physics: One Dimension 5: Continuum Limit and Path Integral 6: Ferromagnetic Systems. Correlations 7: Phase transitions: Generalities and Examples 8: Quasi-Gaussian Approximation: Universality, Critical Dimension 9: Renormalization Group: General Formulation 10: Perturbative Renormalization Group: Explicit Calculations 11: Renormalization group: N-component fields 12: Statistical Field Theory: Perturbative Expansion 13: The sigma4 Field Theory near Dimension 4 14: The O(N) Symmetric (phi2)2 Field Theory: Large N Limit 15: The Non-Linear sigma-Model 16: Functional Renormalization Group Appendix

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• Authors: Jean Zinn-Justin, Jean (Head of Department Zinn-Justin, Zinn-Justin Jean
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2007
• EAN: 9780199227198
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922719-8
• No. of pages: 466
• Series: Oxford Graduate Texts; Oxford Graduate Texts
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; MATHEMATICS / General, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, Mathematics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Particle & high-energy physics, Statistical physics, Particle and high-energy physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle