Spin Systems

Roland Bauerschmidt, David C. Brydges, Gordon Slade

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Abstract

We provide an introduction to the theory of critical phenomena and discusses several of the models which serve as guiding examples. The Ising and multi-component |φ|4 spin models are introduced and motivated, with emphasis on their critical behaviour. The theory of the mean-field model is developed in a self-contained manner. The Gaussian free field is introduced and its relation to simple random walk is explained. The notion of universality is discussed. Recent results for the critical behaviour of the |φ|4 model are summarised, including the existence of logarithmic corrections to mean-field critical exponents in dimension d = 4.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Mathematics
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages3-28
Number of pages26
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mathematics
Volume2242
ISSN (Print)0075-8434
ISSN (Electronic)1617-9692

Keywords

  • Critical exponent
  • Critical phenomena
  • Ising model
  • Mean-field model
  • |φ| model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Algebra and Number Theory

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