This volume links field theory methods and concepts from particle physics with those in critical phenomena and statistical mechanics, the development starting f

This introduction to the renormalization group, an edited and corrected second edition, discusses examples from diverse areas of physics. Designed for a one-sem

The application of field theoretic techniques to problems in condensed matter physics has generated an array of concepts and mathematical techniques to attack a

The successful calculation of critical exponents for continuous phase transitions is one of the main achievements of theoretical physics over the last quarter-c