TitleIntroduction to the Functional Renormalization Group
Author(s)Kopietz, Peter;Bartosch, Lorenz;Sch??tz, Florian
PublicationBerlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
DescriptionXII, 380 p. 68 illus : online resource
Abstract NoteThis book, based on a graduate course given by the authors, is a pedagogic and self-contained introduction to the renormalization group with special emphasis on the functional renormalization group. The functional renormalization group is a modern formulation of the Wilsonian renormalization group in terms of formally exact functional differential equations for generating functionals. In Part I the reader is introduced to the basic concepts of the renormalization group idea, requiring only basic knowledge of equilibrium statistical mechanics. More advanced methods, such as diagrammatic perturbation theory, are introduced step by step. Part II then gives a self-contained introduction to the functional renormalization group. After a careful definition of various types of generating functionals, the renormalization group flow equations for these functionals are derived. This procedure is shown to encompass the traditional method of the mode elimination steps of the Wilsonian renormalization group procedure. Then, approximate solutions of these flow equations using expansions in powers of irreducible vertices or in powers of derivatives are given. Finally, in Part III the exact hierarchy of functional renormalization group flow equations for the irreducible vertices is used to study various aspects of non-relativistic fermions, including the so-called BCS-BEC crossover, thereby making the link to contemporary research topics
ISBN,Price9783642050947
Keyword(s)1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. MAGNETIC MATERIALS 6. MAGNETISM 7. Magnetism, Magnetic Materials 8. Mathematical Methods in Physics 9. MICROSCOPY 10. PHYSICS 11. QUANTUM PHYSICS 12. SOLID STATE PHYSICS 13. SPECTROSCOPY 14. Spectroscopy and Microscopy 15. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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