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Critical properties of $\phi^{4}$-theories

his book explains in detail how to perform perturbation expansions in quantum field theory to high orders, and how to extract the critical properties of the theory from the resulting divergent power series. These properties are calculated for various second-order phase transitions of three-dimen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kleinert, H, Schulte-Frohlinde, V
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: World Scientific 2001
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/544649
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Sumario:his book explains in detail how to perform perturbation expansions in quantum field theory to high orders, and how to extract the critical properties of the theory from the resulting divergent power series. These properties are calculated for various second-order phase transitions of three-dimensional systems with high accuracy, in particular the critical exponents observable in experiments close to the phase transition. Beginning with an introduction to critical phenomena, this book develops the functional-integral description of quantum field theories, their perturbation expansions, and a m