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  • From: Gabor Takacs <takacs AT elte.hu>
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  • Subject: [Fizinfo] Bolyai Intensive Course on "Renormalization Group Methods in Physics"
  • Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:22:40 +0100
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The Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Bolyai College of Eötvös
University

announce the Bolyai Intensive Course on

"Renormalization Group Methods in Physics"

taking place from the 10th until the 14th March, 2008.

Invited speakers:

Ö. Legeza (Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics,
Theoretical Solid State Physics Department)
J. Polónyi ( Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Univ. Strasbourg)
L. Sasvári (Department of Physics of Complex Systems)

The topics covered include:

* Brief survey of static and dynamic critical phenomena.
* Wilson's formulation of the renormalization group approach to
static critical phenomena:
basic characteristics of the flow, fixed points, linear and
nonlinear scaling fields,
scaling of physical observables, universality.
* Extension of the renormalization group approach to dynamic
critical phenomena:
renormalization of stochastic equations of motion, the role of
conservation rules and Poisson brackets.
* Reaction-diffusion processes: basic phenomena, renormalization
group analyses of anomalous kinetics.
* RG in particle physics. Running couplings, beta functions,
asymptotic freedom. Resummation of leading logs.
Renormalizability. Connection between high energy physics and
statistical mechanics.
* Appelquiz-Carazzone decoupling theorem. Effective field theories.
* RG in field theory. Functional RG, Wegner-Houghton equation. RG
for the effective action. Symmetry breaking.
The global renormalization group.
* Fermions. Applications to solid state physics. Superconductivity.
* Renormalization of composite operators. The classical limit.
* Density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) and its relation to
quantum information theory (QIT).
* Quantum information generation of the RG procedure. DMRG and
quantum data compression.
* DMRG in real and in momentum space. Applications in solid state
physics. Quantum phase transitions.
* Application of DMRG to quantum chemistry. Molecular orbitals and
QIT. Determination of spectra of excitations.
The dynamically extended active space (DEAS) approach.
* Application of DMRG to dynamical and time-dependent phenomena.
Extension to finite temperature and two-dimensions.

Besides the lectures by the invited speakers, the course also includes
separate discussion sessions. A mini-workshop is
also planned, where the participants can talk about their own research,
or interesting topics related to the main subjects
can be briefly presented. Detailed schedule will be available later.

Organizer and contact person: G. Takács (Institute for Theoretical Physics)

Webpage:
http://www.bolyai.elte.hu/dyn/eloadas/szakmai/mestermuhely/programok/200720082/takacs/

Applications can be made by e-mail to G. Takács
<takacs AT elte.hu>
with
deadline 15th February 2008. Please send contact details
(name and address of institution, phone, e-mail), position (also name
and contact details of supervisor for graduate students)
and a brief statement of interest (with a brief summary of present
research subject and the reasob of why you wish to attend).

There is shared accomodation for a few (3-5) persons available at the
College site. Those who wish to book one of them must
apply no later than the 18th of January, 2008.

Depending on the availability of funding, limited financial support may
be available. Details will be announced later.

The course is going to be registered with the University's Doctoral
School of Physics, and also as an intensive special course
for 5th year physics students (2 credits).

Please bring this announcement to the attention of potentially
interested graduate students and young post-docs.

Yours faithfully,

Gabor Takacs

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Gabor Takacs

Institute for Theoretical Physics
Eotvos University
H-1117 Budapest
Pazmany Peter setany 1/A
Hungary
Phone: +36-1-372 2748
Fax: +36-1-372 2509
Web: http://takacs.web.elte.hu




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