Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics: 7th
Summer School Proceedings
Published in July 1990
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-0-444-88432-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book contains the lectures and one seminar given at the seventh International Summer School on Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics. Most of the lectures are on recent developments in statistical mechanics. The following topics are covered: dynamical systems, phase transitions and critical phenomena, polymers and suspensions, spin glasses, kinetic theory of fluids and cellular automata, computer simulations in statistical mechanics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-88432-9 (9780444884329)
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Content
Preface. Statistical mechanical behavior of dynamical systems: a one-dimensional model of diatomic molecules (E.G.D. Cohen and A. Monge). Pattern forming instabilities at the crystal-melt interface (H.Z. Cummins). Scaling behavior and thermodynamics (J.J.P. Veerman and M.J. Feigenbaum). Frenkel-Kontorova models of commensurate-incommensurate phase transitions (R.B. Griffiths). Conformal invariance (H.J.F. Knops). Shape fluctuations and critical phenomena (R. Lipowsky). Renormalization and conformal invariance for polymers (B. Duplantier). Hydrodynamics of suspensions (B.U. Felderhof). Statistical mechanics of polymers (B. Nienhuis). Dynamical phase transitions in spin models and automata (B. Derrida). A theory of aging in spin glasses (H.J. Hilhorst). Linear response theory for cellular automata fluids (M.H. Ernst). Kinetic theory of dense gases and liquids (H. van Beijeren). Computer simulations in statistical physics (D. Frenkel and M. van der Hoef).