Introduction to the field theory of classical and quantum phase transitions

Abstract

These lecture notes provide a relatively self-contained introduction to field theoretic methods employed in the study of classical and quantum phase transitions.

Version 1: 178 pages, 15 figures; lectures delivered in the CBPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

References in corpus (2)

• Comparative study of Higgs transition in one-component and two-component lattice superconductor models
• Comment on ``Comparative study of Higgs transition in one-component and two-component lattice superconductor models"