Statistical mechanics of phase transitions / J.M. Yeomans.

By:

Yeomans, J. M [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford science publicationsPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002.Description: x, 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780198517306

Subject(s):

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

DDC classification:

530.13 20 Y46

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics -- 3. Models -- 4. Mean-field theories -- 5. The transfer matrix -- 6. Series expansions -- 7. Monte Carlo simulations -- 8. The renormalization group -- 9. Implementations of the renormalization group.

Summary: "Recent developments have led to a good understanding of universality: why phase transitions in systems as diverse as magnets, fluids, liquid crystals, and superconductors can be brought under the same theoretical umbrella and well described by simple models. This book describes the physics underlying universality and then lays out the theoretical approaches now available for studying phase transitions."--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics --
3. Models --
4. Mean-field theories --
5. The transfer matrix --
6. Series expansions --
7. Monte Carlo simulations --
8. The renormalization group --
9. Implementations of the renormalization group.

"Recent developments have led to a good understanding of universality: why phase transitions in systems as diverse as magnets, fluids, liquid crystals, and superconductors can be brought under the same theoretical umbrella and well described by simple models. This book describes the physics underlying universality and then lays out the theoretical approaches now available for studying phase transitions."--

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