Critical Phenomena: An Introduction from a modern perspective
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Our aim in this set of lectures is to give an introduction to critical phenomena that emphasizes the emergence of and the role played by diverging length-scales. It is now accepted that renormalization group gives the basic understanding of these phenomena and so, instead of following the traditional historical trail, we try to develop the subject in a way that emphasizes the length-scale based approach.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0011011,
title = {Critical Phenomena: An Introduction from a modern perspective},
author = {Somendra M. Bhattacharjee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0011011},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Revtex, 26 pages, 2 figures. Lectures given at the SERC School on "Field theoretic methods in Condensed matter physics", held at MRI, Allahabad, India