Rev. Mod. Phys. 70, 653–681 (1998)Renormalization group theory: Its basis and formulation in statistical physics
The nature and origins of renormalization group ideas in statistical physics and condensed matter theory are recounted informally, emphasizing those features of prime importance in these areas of science in contradistinction to quantum field theory, in particular: critical exponents and scaling, relevance, irrelevance and marginality, universality, and Wilson’s crucial concept of flows and fixed points in a large space of Hamiltonians. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.70.653
DOI:
10.1103/RevModPhys.70.653
PACS:
11.10.Gh, 64.60.Ak, 05.30.-d, 11.10.Jj, 11.10.Gh, 64.60.Ak, 05.30.-d, 11.10.Jj
See AlsoSee Also: Amnon Aharony and Michael E. Fisher, Critical Behavior of Magnets with Dipolar Interactions. I. Renormalization Group near Four Dimensions, Phys. Rev. B 8, 3323 (1973). |
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