Admission Requirements
Bachelor of Physics with sufficient knowledge of statistical physics, preferably at the level of the bachelor course Statistical Physics 2.
Description
I. Theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena: real-space renormalization group, momentum-space renormalization group. Applications: percolation, Ising model, Ginzburg-Landau Hamiltonian, epsilon expansion, two-dimensional XY model. Anomalous dimensions far from equilibrium.
II. Linear response theory.
III. Stochastic processes: Brownian motion, master equation, Fokker-Planck equation.
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Lectures, interactive course
Assessment method
written exam
Blackboard
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Reading list
D. McComb, Renormalization methods: A guide for beginners, OUP.
N. Goldenfeld, Lectures on phase transitions and the renormalization group, (Frontiers in Physics).
Contact
Lecturer: Dr. V. Vitelli (Vincenzo)
Remarks
Target group: MSc students, both students interested in theoretical physics as students interested in experimental physics.