Ebook: Physics of Critical Fluctuations

Building on Wilson's renormalization group, the authors have developed a unified approach that not only reproduces known results but also yields new results. A systematic exposition of the contemporary theory of phase transitions, the book includes detailed discussions of phenomena in Heisenberg magnets, granular super-conducting alloys, anisotropic systems of dipoles, and liquid-vapor transitions. Suitable for advanced undergraduates as well as graduate students in physics, the text assumes some knowledge of statistical mechanics, but is otherwise self-contained.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Classical Approach....Pages 1-28
The Ginzburg-Landau Functional....Pages 29-63
Wilson’s Renormalization Scheme....Pages 65-107
Field Theoretical RG....Pages 109-146
Generalized RG Approach....Pages 147-178
RG Study of Particular Systems....Pages 179-222
Competing Interactions....Pages 223-286
Exactly Solvable Models and RG....Pages 287-322
Application to Copper Oxides....Pages 323-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-390

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Classical Approach....Pages 1-28
The Ginzburg-Landau Functional....Pages 29-63
Wilson’s Renormalization Scheme....Pages 65-107
Field Theoretical RG....Pages 109-146
Generalized RG Approach....Pages 147-178
RG Study of Particular Systems....Pages 179-222
Competing Interactions....Pages 223-286
Exactly Solvable Models and RG....Pages 287-322
Application to Copper Oxides....Pages 323-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-390
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