2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
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2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHY 831 - Statistical Mechanics of Fields and the Renormalization Group

3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
A continuation of graduate statistical physics. Topics include: collective modes and quasiparticles, Ginzburg-Landau theory, modern theory of phase transitions, and the renormalization group.
PREREQ: PHY 731