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The How and Why of the Dynamical Renormalization Group illustrated via the KPZ equation -Part 2

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The Renormalization Group (RG) is not only one of the most powerful tools of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, but it arguably provides the answer to Einstein's famous puzzle: "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility ... The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle." . In this series of two lectures, I will illustrate the how and why of the Dynamical renormalization Group (DRG) by explaining its application to one of the most important problems in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: the KPZ equation. I'll also discuss recent applications of the KPZ equation to Active Matter.

Note: Notes for these lectures - taken from a forthcoming Cambridge University Press book about Active Matter - will be available upon request (just -email John Toner at jjt@uoregon.edu).

The How and Why of the Dynamical Renormalization Group illustrated via the KPZ equation -Part 2

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Higgs Centre Seminar Room, JCMB (Find us on campus maps)
The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics
School of Physics and Astronomy
James Clerk Maxwell Building, 4305
Peter Guthrie Tait Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3FD
UK

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