The Theory of Critical Phenomena
An Introduction to the Renormalization Group
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 11 June 1992
- ISBN 9780198513933
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages476 pages
- Size 234x155x27 mm
- Weight 694 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line figures, tables 0
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Long description:
The successful calculation of critical exponents for continuous phase transitions is one of the main achievements of theoretical physics over the last quarter-century. This was achieved through the use of scaling and field-theoretic techniques which have since become standard equipment in many areas of physics, especially quantum field theory.
This book provides a thorough introduction to these techniques. Continuous phase transitions are introduced, then the necessary statistical mechanics is summarized, followed by standard models, some exact solutions and techniques for numerical simulations. The real-space renormalization group and mean-field theory are then explained and illustrated. The final chapters cover the Landau-Ginzburg model, from physical motivation, through diagrammatic perturbation theory and renormalization to the renormalization group and the calculation of critical exponents above and below the critical temperature.
'Provides a thorough introduction to the use of scaling and field-theoretic techniques that have become standard equipment in many areas of physics ... (jargon is kept to a minimum).'
SciTech Book News, December 1992
Table of Contents:
Introduction; Statistical mechanics; Models; Numerical simulations; Real-space renormalization; Mean-field theory; The Landau-Ginzburg model; Diagrammatic perturbation theory; Renormalization; The calculation of critical exponents for T>TC; The renormalization group; The renormalization group at T/=c; The lower critical dimension; Universality; Appendices.
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