Lectures On Phase Transitions And The Renormalization Group (frontiers In Physics, 85)

Covering The Elementary Aspects Of The Physics Of Phases Transitions And The Renormalization Group, This Popular Book Is Widely Used Both For Core Graduate Statistical Mechanics Courses As Well As For More Specialized Courses. Emphasizing Understanding And Clarity Rather Than Technical Manipulation, These Lectures De-mystify The Subject And Show Precisely How Things Work.-- Publisher. How Phase Transitions Occur In Principle -- How Phase Transitions Occur In Practice -- Spatial Correlations -- Critical Phenomena In Fluids -- Landau Theory -- Fluctuations Of The Landau Theory -- Anomalous Dimensions -- Scaling In Static Dynamic And Non-equilibrium Phenomena -- The Renormalization Group -- Anomalous Dimensions Far From Equilibrium -- Continuous Symmetry -- Critical Phenomena Near Four Dimensions. Nigel Goldenfeld. Lectures Given At The University Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.