Statistical Field Theory: Strong Coupling, Monte Carlo Methods, Conformal Field Theory, and Random Systems

ISBN-13: 9780521408066 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 432 str.

Claude Itzykson; Jean-Michel Drouffe

Opis

The second volume covers diverse topics, including strong coupling expansions and their analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, two-dimensional conformal field theory, and simple disordered systems. The book concludes with a chapter on random geometry and the Polyakov model of random surfaces, which illustrates the relations between string theory and statistical physics.

Recenzje

"...a useful addition to a personal or an institutional library at a modest cost." C. A. Hurst, Mathematical Reviews

Spis treści

1. Diagrammatic methods; 2. Numerical simulations; 3. Conformal invariance; 4. Disordered systems and Fermionic methods; 5. Random geometry.