A Primer to the Theory of Critical Phenomena
- 1st Edition - February 5, 2018
- Latest edition
- Authors: Jurgen M. Honig, Jozef Spalek
- Language: English
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 scientifi… Read more
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 phenomena
- Offers an in-depth exposition on renormalization and field theory techniques
- Includes experimental observations of critical effects
- Includes live examples illustrating the applications of the theoretical material
Scientists in academia and industry and graduate students in physics, chemistry, and geochemistry
1. Introduction: Classical Phases and Critical Points2. The Ising Model and Its Basic Characteristics in the Mean Field Approximation3. General Mean Field Approach4. The Landau Theory of Phase Transitions: General concept and its microscopic relation to mean eld theory5. More General Considerations Concerning Mean Field Theory: Stratonovich-Hubbard transformation_x0003_6. Generalities Relating to the Study of Critical Phenomena7. Failure of Mean Field Theory and Scaling Methods8. Kadanoff Scaling9. The Renormalization Group Operations10. Additional Interrelations Between Critical Exponents11. Renormalization Group Operations12. Detection of Fixed Points13. The Standard Gaussian Model14. Higher Order Expansion15. The Ginzburg-Landau Model
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 5, 2018
- Language: English
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Jurgen M. Honig
Prof. Honig has earned an honorary degree from the University of Science and Technology (2009, Krakow, Poland; fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences; Wetherill medal (1995); Editor, Journal of Solid State Chemistry (1982- 2000); Honorary Member, Materials Research Society of India; two issues of the Journal of Solid State Chemistry (1990 and 2000) and an issue of Solid State Sciences (2000) dedicated to him; and a session at a Materials Research Society meeting (2000) held in honor of his retirement.
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