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BL
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982905
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b737275
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| Main Entry
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Brézin, E.
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| Title & Author
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Introduction to statistical field theory /\ Edouard Brézin.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Cambridge University Press,, 2010.
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x, 166 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0521193036
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: 9780521193030
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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1. A few well-known basic results -- 2. Introduction: order parameters, broken symmetries -- 3. Examples of physical situations modelled by the Ising model -- 4. A few results about the Ising model -- 5. High temperature and low temperature expansions -- 6. Some geometric problems related to phase transitions -- 7. Phenomenological description of the critical behaviour -- 8. Mean field theory -- 9. Beyond mean field theory -- 10. Introduction to the renormalization group -- 11. Renormalization group for the [phi]4 theory -- 12. Renormalized theory -- 13. Goldstone modes -- 14. Large n.
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"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"--
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Feldtheorie.
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Statistische Physik.
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Field theory (Physics)
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Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Statistical mechanics.
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Fältteori (fysik)
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Feldtheorie-- Statistische Mechanik.
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Field theory (Physics)
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Field theory (Physics)
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Kritisches Phänomen.
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Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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Quantenfeldtheorie.
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Renormierung.
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Statistical mechanics.
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Statistical mechanics.
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Statistische Mechanik-- Feldtheorie.
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Statistische Mechanik.
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Statistisk mekanik.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.14
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| LC Classification
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QC175.16.P5B74 2010
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