Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- From the Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Part I Introduction
- Part II A first course
- 3 Classical phase transitions
- 4 The renormalization group
- 5 The quantum Ising model
- 6 The quantum rotor model
- 7 Correlations, susceptibilities, and the quantum critical point
- 8 Broken symmetries
- 9 Boson Hubbard model
- Part III Nonzero temperatures
- Part IV Other models
- References
- Index
3 - Classical phase transitions
from Part II - A first course
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- From the Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Part I Introduction
- Part II A first course
- 3 Classical phase transitions
- 4 The renormalization group
- 5 The quantum Ising model
- 6 The quantum rotor model
- 7 Correlations, susceptibilities, and the quantum critical point
- 8 Broken symmetries
- 9 Boson Hubbard model
- Part III Nonzero temperatures
- Part IV Other models
- References
- Index
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- Quantum Phase Transitions , pp. 29 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011