Igor Herbut (British Columbia Simon Fraser University)

Modern Approach Critical Phenomena

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2007 book provides a thorough introduction into the theory of critical phenomena and the renormalization group. It discusses gauge field fluctuations in superconductors, and the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. It is ideal for graduate students and researchers in the fields of condensed matter physics, statistical physics, and many-body physics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780521854528
• ISBN-10: 0521854520
• Artikelnr.: 21236223

Autorenporträt

Igor Herbut is Professor of Physics at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He has held visiting appointments at Max Planck Institute, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. Professor Herbut has authored a number of research papers on quantum phase transitions, disordered systems, gauge field theories, and high-temperature superconductivity.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Ginzburg-Landau-Wilson theory
3. Renormalization group
4. Superconducting transition
5. Near lower critical dimension
6. Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
7. Duality in higher dimensions
8. Quantum phase transitions
Appendix A. Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation
Appendix B. Linked-cluster theorem
Appendix C. Gauge fixing for long-range order
Select bibliography
Index.