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_aQC175.16.P5 _bB74 2010 |
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_a530.14 B75I _223 |
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_aBrézin, Edouard. _931189 |
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_aIntroduction to statistical field theory / _cEdouard Brézin. |
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_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010. |
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_ax, 166 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm. |
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| 500 | _aIncludes index. | ||
| 505 | 8 | _aMachine generated contents note: 1. A few well-known basic results; 2. Introduction: order parameters, broken symmetries; 3. Examples of physical situations modelled by the Ising model; 4. A few results about the Ising model; 5. High temperature and low temperature expansions; 6. Some geometric problems related to phase transitions; 7. Phenomenological description of the critical behaviour; 8. Mean field theory; 9. Beyond mean field theory; 10. Introduction to the renormalization group; 11. Renormalization group for the [phi]4 theory; 12. Renormalized theory; 13. Goldstone modes; 14. Large n; Index. | |
| 520 | _a"Knowledge of the renormalization group and field theory is a key part of physics, and is essential in condensed matter and particle physics. Written for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this textbook provides a concise introduction to this subject. The textbook deals directly with the loop-expansion of the free-energy, also known as the background field method. This is a powerful method, especially when dealing with symmetries, and statistical mechanics. In focussing on free-energy, the author avoids long developments on field theory techniques. The necessity of renormalization then follows"-- | ||
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_aPhase transformations (Statistical physics) _931190 |
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_aField theory (Physics) _931191 |
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_aStatistical mechanics. _931192 |
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