A Modern Approach to Critical Phenomena
- Author: Igor Herbut, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
- Date Published: January 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521854528
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Critical phenomena is one of the most exciting areas of modern physics. This 2007 book provides a thorough but economic introduction into the principles and techniques of the theory of critical phenomena and the renormalization group, from the perspective of modern condensed matter physics. Assuming basic knowledge of quantum and statistical mechanics, the book discusses phase transitions in magnets, superfluids, superconductors, and gauge field theories. Particular attention is given to topics such as gauge field fluctuations in superconductors, the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, duality transformations, and quantum phase transitions - all of which are at the forefront of physics research. This book contains numerous problems of varying degrees of difficulty, with solutions. These problems provide readers with a wealth of material to test their understanding of the subject. It is ideal for graduate students and more experienced researchers in the fields of condensed matter physics, statistical physics, and many-body physics.
Read more- Has a straightforward and economic style of presentation allowing readers to quickly get to the essence of the material
- Includes a selection of topics including several not found in other books
- Contains fully solved and original problems
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- Date Published: January 2007
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521854528
- length: 220 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 178 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.605kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Ginzburg-Landau-Wilson theory
3. Renormalization group
4. Superconducting transition
5. Near lower critical dimension
6. Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
7. Duality in higher dimensions
8. Quantum phase transitions
Appendix A. Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation
Appendix B. Linked-cluster theorem
Appendix C. Gauge fixing for long-range order
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