Title: Statistical physics of fields /
Authors: Kardar, Mehran.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Field theory (Physics); Statistical physics.
Abstract: "Covering the more advanced applications of statistical mechanics, this textbook is ideal for advanced graduate students in physics. It is based on lectures for a course in statistical physics taught by Professor Kardar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The large number of integrated problems introduce the reader to novel applications such as percolation and roughening. The selected solutions at the end of the book are ideal for self-study and honing calculation methods."--p. 4 of cover.
Contents: Collective Behavior, from Particles to Fields -- Statistical Fields -- Fluctuations -- The Scaling Hypothesis -- Perturbative Renormalization Group -- Lattice Systems -- Series Expansions -- Beyond Spin Waves -- Dissipative Dynamics -- Directed Paths in Random Media -- Solutions to Selected Problems.