- 212 pages
- English
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About This Book
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: 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 reactions and moving systems. The book covers the close connection between phase transitions and small world phenomena as well as scale-free systems such as the stock market and the Internet.
Contents:
- Phases and Phase Transitions
- Thermodynamics of Phase Transitions
- The Ising Model
- Mean Field Theory
- Scaling
- The Renormalization Group
- Phase Transitions in Quantum Systems
- Universality
- Phase Transitions in Reactive Systems
- Phase Transitions in Moving Systems
- Random and Small World Systems
- Self-Organized Criticality
Readership: Scientists working in different fields of physics, chemistry, biology and economics as well as teaching material for undergraduate and graduate courses.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1. Phases 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 Systems
- 12. Self-Organized Criticality
- Bibliography
- Index