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New applications of the renormalization group method in physics: a brief introduction
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New applications of the renormalization group method in physics: a brief introduction

Y Meurice, R Perry and S-W Tsai
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, Vol.369(1946), pp.2602-2611
07/13/2011
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0117
PMID: 21646268
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https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0117View
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Abstract

The renormalization group (RG) method developed by Ken Wilson more than four decades ago has revolutionized the way we think about problems involving a broad range of energy scales such as phase transitions, turbulence, continuum limits and bifurcations in dynamical systems. The Theme Issue provides articles reviewing recent progress made using the RG method in atomic, condensed matter, nuclear and particle physics. In the following, we introduce these articles in a way that emphasizes common themes and the universal aspects of the method.

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