Claude Itzykson, Jean-Michel Drouffe

Statistical Field Theory

From Brownian Motion to Renormalization and Lattice Gauge Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This two-volume work provides a comprehensive and timely survey of the application of the methods of quantum field theory to statistical physics, a very active and fruitful area of modern research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9780521408059
• ISBN-10: 0521408059
• Artikelnr.: 21095898

Inhaltsangabe

1. From Brownian motion to Euclidean fields
2. Grassmannian integrals and two-dimensional Ising models
3. Spontaneous symmetry breaking
4. Scaling transformations and the XY-model
5. Continuous field theory and the renormalization group
6. Lattice gauge fields.