After successful completion of the course, students are able to are in postion to reproduce the contnts as outlined in detail in the english version of "Lehrinhalte" in written as well as oral form. Moreover the students will be able to apply the basic concepts of Phasenübergänge und krit. Phänomene to simple examples.
1 Introduction; 2. Examples for phase transitions; 3. Thermodynamics; 4. Model systems; 5. Landau theory; 6. Correlation functions; 7. Critical exponents, scaling hypothesis; 8. Renormalizationgroup theory
J.M. Yeomans, Statistical Mechanics of Phase Transitions (Clarendon Press, 1992) M.E. Fisher, Renormalization group theory: its basis and formulation in statistical physics, Rev.Mod.Phys. 70, 653 (1998) D.J. Amit, Field theory, the renomalization group, and critical phenomena (World Scientific, 1984)
