Title Conformal Invariance and Critical Phenomena Author(s) Henkel, Malte Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999. Description XVII, 418 p : online resource Abstract Note This book provides an introduction to conformal field theory and a review of its applications to critical phenomena in condensed-matter systems. After reviewing simple phase transitions and explaining the foundations of conformal invariance and the algebraic methods required, it proceeds to the explicit calculation of four-point correlators. Numerical methods for matrix diagonalization are described as well as finite-size scaling techniques and their conformal extensions. Many exercises are included. Applications treat the Ising, Potts, chiral Potts, Yang-Lee, percolation and XY models, the XXZ chain, linear polymers, tricritical points, conformal turbulence, surface criticality and profiles, defect lines and aperiodically modulated systems, persistent currents and dynamical scaling. The vicinity of the critical point is studied culminating in the exact solution of the two-dimensional Ising model at the critical temperature in a magnetic field. Relevant experimental results are also reviewed ISBN,Price 9783662039373 Keyword(s) 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2. CONDENSED MATTER 3. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. Mathematical Methods in Physics 8. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation 9. PHYSICS 10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 11. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I02594     On Shelf