Introduction to Statistical Field Theory

✍ Scribed by Edouard Brézin

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 178
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Subjects

Физика;Термодинамика, молекулярная и статистическая физика;