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Prog. Theor. Phys. Supplement No.92 (1987) pp. 1-13

Scalar Field Theory from Statistical Mechanics

Takashi Hara, Tetsuya Hattori,^* Kei-ichi Kondo^** and Hal Tasaki^***

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, N. Y. 10012, U.S.A.
^*Department of Physics, Gakushuin University, Tokyo 171
^**Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464
^***Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. 08544, U.S.A.

(Received August 12, 1987)

Abstract:

We present an introduction to the basic ideas of rigorous approaches to the quantum scalar field theories which are based on the statistical mechanical point of view. We also discuss several aspects of the rigorous studies in critical phenomena and phase transitions, and refer to some related open questions.

URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTPS/92/1/
DOI : 10.1143/PTPS.92.1

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