Jean Zinn-Justin “Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena”
Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (August 22, 1996) | ISBN: 019851882X | 1032 pages | Djvu | 12,2 Mb
Review
‘…the author unfolds the fascinating story of path integrals, asymptotic freeness, spontaneous symmetry breaking, BRS quantization and renormalization group procedures. He thus produced the most penetrating and comprehensive work I know of.’ G. Roepstorff, Zentrallblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete, no. 865, 1997
Book Description
Over the last twenty years quantum field theory has become not only the framework for the discussion of all fundamental interactions except gravity, but also for the understanding of second-order phase transitions in statistical mechanics. This advanced text is based on graduate courses and summer schools given by the author over a number of years. It approaches the subject in terms of path and functional intergrals, adopting a Euclidean metric and using the language of partition and correlation functions. Renormalization and the renormalization group are examined, as are critical phenomena and the role of instantons. Changes for this edition
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