Doctoral Training: The Non-Perturbative Functional Renormalization Group and its Applications
Les Houches - WE Heraeus Workshop
13 Apr - 24 Apr 2026
Where:
Ecole de Physique - Les Houches, France
Scientific organizers:
Dr. Nicolas Dupuis, Dr. Bertrand Delamotte, CNRS & Sorbonne, LPTMC, Paris, France ∗ Prof. Dr. Astrid Eichhorn, Heidelberg University, Germany ∗ Prof. Dr. Holger Gies, University of Jena, Germany
The non-perturbative functional renormalization group is a modern implementation of Wilson’s renormalization. It is based on an exact functional flow equation of a coarse-grained effective action (or Gibbs free energy). Its applications range from statistical physics and condensed matter to high-energy physics and quantum gravity, and include fields as diverse as turbulence, active matter, biological systems and neural networks. The school's courses will introduce the fundamentals of the non-perturbative renormalization group theory and present several applications.