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Phase transitions : modern applications / Moshe Gitterman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, c2014.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 198 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789814520607 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.474 23 G536
Contents:
1. Phase and phase transitions -- 2. Thermodynamics of phase transitions -- 3. The Ising model -- 4. Mean field theory -- 5. Scaling -- 6. The Renormalization group -- 7. Phase transitions in quantum systems -- 8. Universality -- 9. Phase transitions in reactive systems -- 10. Phase transitions in moving systems -- 11. Random and small world system -- 12. Self-organized criticality -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book provides a comprehensive review of the theory of phase transitions and its modern applications, based on the five pillars of the modern theory of phase transitions i.e. the Ising model, mean field, scaling, renormalization group and universality. This expanded second edition includes, along with a description of vortices and high temperature superconductivity, a discussion of phase transitions in chemical reaction and moving systems. The book covers a close connection between phase transitions and small world phenomena as well as scale-free systems such as the stock market and the Internet.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Phase and phase transitions --
2. Thermodynamics of phase transitions --
3. The Ising model --
4. Mean field theory --
5. Scaling --
6. The Renormalization group --
7. Phase transitions in quantum systems --
8. Universality --
9. Phase transitions in reactive systems --
10. Phase transitions in moving systems --
11. Random and small world system --
12. Self-organized criticality --
Bibliography --
Index.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the theory of phase transitions and its modern applications, based on the five pillars of the modern theory of phase transitions i.e. the Ising model, mean field, scaling, renormalization group and universality. This expanded second edition includes, along with a description of vortices and high temperature superconductivity, a discussion of phase transitions in chemical reaction and moving systems. The book covers a close connection between phase transitions and small world phenomena as well as scale-free systems such as the stock market and the Internet.

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