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  3. A Modern Approach to Critical Phenomena
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      • Igor Herbut, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2010
      January 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511755521
      9780521854528
      9780521142380
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511755521
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.605kg, 220 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.36kg, 224 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Physics, Statistical Physics
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    Critical phenomena is one of the most exciting areas of modern physics. This 2007 book provides a thorough but economic introduction into the principles and techniques of the theory of critical phenomena and the renormalization group, from the perspective of modern condensed matter physics. Assuming basic knowledge of quantum and statistical mechanics, the book discusses phase transitions in magnets, superfluids, superconductors, and gauge field theories. Particular attention is given to topics such as gauge field fluctuations in superconductors, the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, duality transformations, and quantum phase transitions - all of which are at the forefront of physics research. This book contains numerous problems of varying degrees of difficulty, with solutions. These problems provide readers with a wealth of material to test their understanding of the subject. It is ideal for graduate students and more experienced researchers in the fields of condensed matter physics, statistical physics, and many-body physics.

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    Review of the hardback:'This relatively short and extremely well written book is what i would recommend to every graduate student in condensed matter physics as compulsory reading. …I am sure the students will appreciate its manageable size and conciseness, its crisp argumentation as well as its elegant and not overwhelming mathematical proofs.'

    Source: Journal of Statistical Physics

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