Phase Transitions

Modern Applications

Moshe Gitterman

• Publisher: WSPC
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9789814520621
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Condensed Matter

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.

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