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

By Claude Itzykson and Jean-Michel Drouffe

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521408067
• ISBN13: 9780521408066
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"