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Introduction to the field theory of classical and quantum phase transitions

Statistical Mechanics 2010-09-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

These lecture notes provide a relatively self-contained introduction to field theoretic methods employed in the study of classical and quantum phase transitions.

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@article{arxiv.1009.1603,
  title  = {Introduction to the field theory of classical and quantum phase transitions},
  author = {Flavio S. Nogueira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1603},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Version 1: 178 pages, 15 figures; lectures delivered in the CBPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil