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PHYS 563 - Phase Transitions
Last offered Spring 2017
Official Description
Phenomenology of phase transitions, scaling, critical behavior, and multi-criticality; Landau theory of phase transitions; renormalization group methods, including lattice models and epsilon-expansion; numerical methods; critical dynamics; selected additional topics. Course Information: Prerequisite: PHYS 504.
Texts
No required textbook.
Lectures on Phase Transitions and the Renormalization Group. 1992. Westview Press (recommended)
| Title | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase Transitions | A | 48933 | LEC | 4 | 1400 - 1520 | M W | 222 Loomis Laboratory | Nigel Goldenfeld |