A Primer to the Theory of Critical Phenomena provides scientists in academia and industry, as well as graduate students in physics, chemistry, and geochemistry with the scientific fundamentals of critical phenomena and phase transitions. The book helps readers broaden their understanding of a field that has developed tremendously over the last forty years. The book also makes a great resource for graduate level instructors at universities. Provides a thorough and accessible treatment of the fundamentals of critical phenomenaOffers an in-depth exposition on renormalization and field theory techniquesIncludes experimental observations of critical effectsIncludes live examples illustrating the applications of the theoretical material INDICE: PrologueThe Basic ProblemGeneralitiesThe Ising Lattice and ExtensionsExamples of Scaling MethodsLandau Theory of Phase TransitionMean Field Theory and Scaling TechniquesCritical Exponents for the van der Waals Equation of State and FerromagnetismLandau Theory for Inhomogeneous SystemsCorrelation FunctionsRenormalization Group OperationsDetection of Fixed PointsThe Standard Gaussian ModelHigher Order ExpansionThe Ginzburg-Landau Model
- ISBN: 978-0-12-804685-2
- Editorial: Elsevier Science
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 162
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés