Contents of Volume 2 |
Preface |
From Brownian motion to Euclidean fields / 1: |
Brownian motion / 1.1: |
Random walks / 1.1.1: |
The sum over paths / 1.1.2: |
The dimension two of Brownian curves / 1.1.3: |
Euclidean fields / 1.2: |
Free fields / 1.2.1: |
Interacting fields and random walks / 1.2.2: |
Self-avoiding walks and the limit n [right arrow] 0 / 1.2.3: |
Comparison with the high temperature expansion / 1.2.4: |
The one-dimensional case / 1.2.5: |
Lattices / 1.A: |
Notes |
Grassmannian integrals and the two-dimensional Ising model / 2: |
Grassmannian integrals / 2.1: |
Anticommuting variables / 2.1.1: |
Integrals / 2.1.2: |
The two-dimensional Ising model / 2.2: |
Duality / 2.2.1: |
Transfer matrix / 2.2.2: |
Fermionic representation / 2.2.3: |
Free energy / 2.2.4: |
Spontaneous magnetization / 2.2.5: |
Correlation function in the high temperature phase / 2.2.6: |
Surface tension / 2.2.7: |
Critical continuous theory / 2.3: |
Effective action / 2.3.1: |
Correlation functions / 2.3.2: |
Quadratic differences and Painleve equations / 2.A: |
Spontaneous symmetry breaking, mean field / 3: |
Mean field approximation / 3.1: |
Dielectric constant of a polarizable medium / 3.1.1: |
Classical spin model with a finite symmetry group / 3.1.2: |
Continuous symmetry group / 3.1.3: |
The Bethe approximation / 3.1.4: |
Critical exponents / 3.1.5: |
Lee-Yang zeroes / 3.2: |
The Lee-Yang theorem / 3.2.1: |
General properties / 3.2.2: |
Zeroes in the temperature plane / 3.2.4: |
Large n limit / 3.3: |
Saddle point method / 3.3.1: |
Factorization / 3.3.2: |
Coupling to an external field / 3.3.3: |
Corrections to mean field / 3.4: |
Laplace transform / 3.4.1: |
Scaling transformations and the XY-model / 4: |
Scaling laws. Real space renormalization / 4.1: |
Homogeneity and scale invariance / 4.1.1: |
Recurrence relations in real space / 4.1.2: |
Examples and approximations / 4.1.3: |
The XY-model / 4.2: |
High temperature behaviour / 4.2.1: |
Low temperature expansion. Vortices / 4.2.2: |
The Villain action / 4.2.3: |
Correlations / 4.2.4: |
Renormalization flow / 4.2.5: |
Two-dimensional systems with continuous symmetry / 4.A: |
Magnetization inequality / 4.A.1: |
Correlation inequality / 4.A.2: |
Phenomenological renormalization / 4.B: |
Continuous field theory and the renormalization group / 5: |
The Lagrangian and dimensional analysis / 5.1: |
Introduction / 5.1.1: |
Generating functionals and dimensional analysis / 5.1.2: |
The perturbative method / 5.2: |
Diagrammatic series / 5.2.1: |
Loop expansion / 5.2.2: |
Evaluation of integrals and dimensional continuation / 5.2.3: |
Group theoretical factors / 5.2.4: |
Power counting / 5.2.5: |
Perturbative renormalization / 5.2.6: |
The renormalization group / 5.3: |
From the Gaussian ultraviolet fixed point to the infrared critical point in dimension less than four / 5.3.1: |
Correlation functions at the critical point / 5.3.4: |
Expansion near the critical point / 5.3.5: |
Scaling laws below the critical temperature / 5.3.6: |
Corrections to scaling laws / 5.4: |
Deviation from the critical point in dimension lower than four / 5.4.1: |
Logarithmic corrections in dimension four / 5.4.2: |
Irrelevant operators / 5.4.3: |
Numerical results / 5.5: |
[varepsilon]-expansion of critical exponents / 5.5.1: |
Equation of state / 5.5.2: |
Amplitude ratios / 5.5.3: |
Three-dimensional results / 5.5.4: |
Multicritical points / 5.A: |
Lattice gauge fields / 6: |
Generalities / 6.1: |
Presentation / 6.1.1: |
The continuous limit / 6.1.2: |
Order parameter and Elitzur's theorem / 6.1.3: |
Structure of the phase diagram / 6.1.4: |
Corrections to mean field and restoration of gauge invariance / 6.2.1: |
Discrete groups: 1/d expansion / 6.2.3: |
Continuous groups: computation of corrections / 6.2.4: |
Strong coupling expansions / 6.3: |
Convergence / 6.3.1: |
Character expansions / 6.3.2: |
String tension and roughening transition / 6.3.3: |
Mass spectrum / 6.3.5: |
Lattice fermions / 6.4: |
The doubling problem / 6.4.1: |
The Nielsen-Ninomiya theorem / 6.4.2: |
Staggered fermions / 6.4.3: |
Index |
Grassmannian integrals and two-dimensional Ising models |
Spontaneous symmetry breaking |
Contents of Volume 2 |
Preface |
From Brownian motion to Euclidean fields / 1: |
Brownian motion / 1.1: |
Random walks / 1.1.1: |
The sum over paths / 1.1.2: |