| Description |
1 online resource (x, 166 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine 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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Field theory (Physics)
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Statistical mechanics.
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SCIENCE -- Waves & Wave Mechanics.
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Field theory (Physics)
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Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Statistical mechanics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511789540 |
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0511789548 |
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9780511761546 |
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0511761546 |
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9780521193030 |
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0521193036 |
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9786612725050 |
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6612725052 |
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0511788819 |
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9780511788819 |
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0511786948 |
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9780511786945 |
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0511785801 |
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9780511785801 |
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0511788088 |
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9780511788086 |
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