Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics

(Book #5 in the Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics Series)

by John Cardy

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This text provides a thoroughly modern graduate-level introduction to the theory of critical behavior. Beginning with a brief review of phase transitions in simple systems and of mean field theory, the text then goes on to introduce the core ideas of the renormalization group. Following chapters cover phase diagrams, fixed points, cross-over behavior, finite-size scaling, perturbative renormalization methods, low-dimensional systems, surface critical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521499593

ISBN13:9780521499590

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:260 Pages

Weight:0.81 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"

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Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics

(Book #5 in the Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics Series)

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