Quantum field theory and critical phenomena /
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| Author / Creator: | Zinn-Justin, Jean |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. |
| Description: | xxii, 914 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The International series of monographs on physics ; no. 77 International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England) 77. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1001890 |
| Summary: | Over the last twenty years quantum field theory has become not only the framework for the discussion of all fundamental interactions (except gravitation) but also for the understanding of second-order phase transitions in statistical mechanics. This advanced volume is based on graduate courses and summer schools given over a number of years by the author. It approaches the subject in terms of path and functional integrals. A Euclidean metric has been adopted and the language of partition and correlation functions is used. Renormalization and the renormalization group are discussed. A major part of the book is devoted to critical phenomena before concluding with a discussion of the role of instantons in quantum field theory. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 914 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0198518730 |
