
Renormalization Methods
A Guide For Beginners
William David McComb(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 15. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-19-923652-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is unique in occupying a gap between standard undergraduate texts and more advanced texts on quantum field theory. It covers a range of renormalization methods with a clear physical interpretation (and motivation), including mean-field theories and high-temperature and low-density expansions. It then proceeds by easy steps to the famous epsilon-expansion, ending up with the first-order corrections to critical exponents beyond mean-field theory. Nowadays there is widespread interest in applications of renormalization methods to various topics ranging over soft condensed matter, engineering dynamics, traffic queueing and fluctuations in the stock market. Hence macroscopic systems are also included, with particular emphasis on the archetypal problem of fluid turbulence. The book is also unique in making this material accessible to readers other than theoretical physicists, as it requires only the basic physics and mathematics which should be known to most scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition Renormalization Methods should be an excellent source of material for anyone who plans to lead advanced undergradutes and first-year graduate students beyond the standard course material toward current research topics. * Physics Today * I think this book is the best introductory textbook on techniques of renormalization available. It will be a delight to read for anyone who is encountering the topic for the first time and is wishing to exploit the methods to pass an exam or in one's field. * Contemporary Physics *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
84 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-923652-7 (9780199236527)
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Book
12/2003
Oxford University Press
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Person
Professor William David McComb
Professor of Statistical Physics
University of Edinburgh
Senior Scientific Officer, Theoretical Physics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell (1969-71).
Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Edinburgh University (1971-present time).
Guest Professor, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands (August-November 1997).
Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge (January-July 1999).
Professor of Statistical Physics
University of Edinburgh
Senior Scientific Officer, Theoretical Physics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell (1969-71).
Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Edinburgh University (1971-present time).
Guest Professor, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands (August-November 1997).
Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge (January-July 1999).
Content
WHAT IS RENORMALIZATION?; RENORMALIZED PERTURBATION THEORIES (RPT); RENORMALIZATION GROUP; APPENDICES