PHYS 563

PHYS 563 - Phase Transitions

Spring 2017

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Phase TransitionsPHYS563A48933LEC41400 - 1520 M W  222 Loomis Laboratory Nigel Goldenfeld

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.