Statistical Mechanics of Phase Transitions Paperback / softback
by J. M. (Pauline Chan Fellow in Physics, Pauline Chan Fellow in Physics, St Hilda's College, Yeomans
Paperback / softback
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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.
Traditional techniques, mean-field theory, series expansions, and the transfer matrix, are described; the Monte Carlo method is covered, and two chapters are devoted to the renormalization group, which led to a break-through in the field. The book will be useful as a textbook for a course in `Phase Transitions', as an introduction for graduate students undertaking research in related fields, and as an overview for scientists in other disciplines who work with phase transitions but who are not aware of the current tools in the armoury of the theoretical physicist.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:164 pages, line figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/05/1992
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- ISBN:9780198517306
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:164 pages, line figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/05/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198517306