Advanced Statistical Physics - Lecture notes

Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang von der Linden (Author)

Bsc. Christian Maier (Editing, Page admin.)

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Welcome to the homepage for the lecture notes to the course Advanced Statistical Physics at the TU Graz.

These lecture notes are also available as PDF file (Last update: 31th Jan 2020). The chapter Phase transitions has not been uploaded to the homepage yet. However, it is included in the PDF.

The last chapter Renormalization Group is currently being written. An early draft can be downloaded here.