Modern theory of critical phenomena

Book · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7362153

Ma, S K

An introduction to the modern theory of critical phenomena is presented. Chapters include: models and basic concepts; the Gaussian approximation; the scaling hypothesis; the renormalization group; fixed points and exponents; the Gaussian fixed point and fixed points in 4-epsilon dimensions; renormalization groups in selected models; perturbation expansions; the effect of random impurities; introduction to dynamics; the renormalization group in dynamics; simple dynamic models; perturbation expansion in dynamics; and an appendix covering an alternative formulation of coarse graining, the classical field configurations, and smooth cutoff. (GHT)

• OSTI ID: 7362153
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CRITICAL PRESSURE
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RENORMALIZATION
STATISTICAL MODELS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMICS
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE