Critical Phenomena (T) - physics756
| Course | Critical Phenomena (T) |
|---|---|
| Course No. | physics756 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 3+2 | 7 | ST |
Preparation:
Advanced quantum theory (physics606)
Theoretical condensed matter physics (physics617)
Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written): successful work with the exercises
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Acquisition of important methods to treat critical phenomena
Contents of the Course:
Mean Field Approximation and its Improvements
Critical Behaviour at Surfaces
Statistics of Polymers
Concept of a Tomonaga-Luttinger Fluid
Random Systems
Phase Transitions, Critical Exponents
Scale Behaviour, Conformal Field Theory
Special Topics of Nanoscopic Physics
Recommended Literature:
J. Cardy, Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics (Cambridge University Press, 1996)
A. O. Gogolin, A. A. Nersesyan, A.N.Tsvelik; Bosonisation and strongly correlated systems (Cambridge University Press, 1998)