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Renormalization Group Approach to Dynamic Critical Phenomena

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Correlation Functions and Quasiparticle Interactions in Condensed Matter

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In these lectures I want to discuss the recent developments in dynamic critical phenomena using renormalization group techniques. An attractive feature of this topic is that it brings together ideas from several areas of theoretical physics. We will discuss the renormalization group ideas which have their roots in quantum field theory, the statistical mechanics of phase transformations and the principles of non-equilibrium transport phenomena. I hope to show how these principles can be amalgamated into a single theory describing time dependent processes in systems near second order phase transitions. The theory I will discuss not only leads to a good description of dynamics of phase transitions but has suggested new ideas in treating the frontier problems of turbulence1 and spinodal decomposition. 2

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Mazenko, G.F. (1978). Renormalization Group Approach to Dynamic Critical Phenomena. In: Halley, J.W. (eds) Correlation Functions and Quasiparticle Interactions in Condensed Matter. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 35. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3360-9_3

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