Suggested pre-reading for Renormalization Group and Higher Spin lectures

Renormalization group:

The Renormalization group and the epsilon expansion K.G. Wilson, John B. Kogut. Jul 1973. 126 pp Published in Phys.Rept. 12 (1974) 75-200

Renormalization and Effective Lagrangians Joseph Polchinski Apr 1983. 36 pp. Published in Nucl.Phys. B231 (1984) 269-295

Fundamentals of the Exact Renormalization Group Oliver J. Rosten Mar 2010. 177 pp. e-Print:arXiv:1003.1366

Higher Spin:

Nonlinear higher spin theories in various dimensions X. Bekaert, S. Cnockaert , Carlo Iazeolla, M.A. Vasiliev. Sep 2005. 86 pp. e-Print: hep-th/0503128

The Higher Spin/Vector Model Duality Simone Giombi, Xi Yin. Aug 2012. 56 pp. e-Print:arXiv:1208.4036