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When the organizers of this Advanced Study Institute on “Structural Elements in Particle Physics and Statistical Mechanics” asked me to present 3 hours of introductory material on critical phenomena, I accepted happily because of the opportunity clearly afforded to broaden my understanding of the important cross-disciplinary overlaps between particle physics and critical phenomena. Now that I find myself standing in front of such an esteemed group of scholars, I am having misgivings. There is hardly anything that I can say here that some of you could not say better!
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Stanley, H.E. (1983). Connectivity: A Primer in Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena for Students of Particle Physics. In: Honerkamp, J., Pohlmeyer, K., Römer, H. (eds) Structural Elements in Particle Physics and Statistical Mechanics. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 82. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3509-2_1
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