Disorder and Critical Phenomena Through Basic Probability Models: École d'Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XL - 2010

By Giambattista Giacomin

1 Introduction.- 2 Homogeneous pinning systems: a class of exactly solved models.- 3 Introduction to disordered pinning models.- 4 Irrelevant disorder estimates.- 5 Relevant disorder estimates: the smoothing phenomenon.- 6 Critical point shift: the fractional moment method.- 7 The coarse graining procedure.- 8 Path properties.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642211550
• ISBN13: 9783642211553
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"