Download or read book Statistical Mechanics of Strongly Driven Ising Systems written by Johannes Hausmann and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work considers the behavior of the Ising model of a ferromagnet subject to a strong, randomly switching external driving field. A formalism based on the master equation to handle such nonequilibrium systems is introduced and applied to a mean field approximation, and one- and two-dimensional variants of the model. A novel type of phase transition related to spontaneous symmetry breaking and dynamic freezing occurs which depends on the strength of the driving field. The complex analytic structure of the stationary magnetization distributions is shown to range from singular-continuous with euclidean or fractal support to all continuous. Analytic results are presented for the mean field and one-dimensional cases, whereas Monte-Carlo simulations provide insight into the two-dimensional model. Also, an interpretation of the model from a neurobiological point of view is given. engl.

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics of Driven Diffusive Systems written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1995-07-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far-from-equilibrium phenomena, while abundant in nature, are not nearly as well understood as their equilibrium counterparts. On the theoretical side, progress is slowed by the lack of a simple framework, such as the Boltzmann-Gbbs paradigm in the case of equilibrium thermodynamics. On the experimental side, the enormous structural complexity of real systems poses serious obstacles to comprehension.Similar difficulties have been overcome in equilibrium statistical mechanics by focusing on model systems. Even if they seem too simplistic for known physical systems, models give us considerable insight, provided they capture the essential physics. They serve as important theoretical testing grounds where the relationship between the generic physical behavior and the key ingredients of a successful theory can be identified and understood in detail.Within the vast realm of non-equilibrium physics, driven diffusive systems form a subset with particularly interesting properties. As a prototype model for these systems, the driven lattice gas was introduced roughly a decade ago. Since then, a number of surprising phenomena have been discovered including singular correlations at generic temperatures, as well as novel phase transitions, universality classes, and interfacial instabilities. This book summarizes current knowledge on driven systems, from apedagogical discussion of the original driven lattice gas to a brief survey of related models. Given that the topic is far from closed, much emphasis is placed on detailing open questions and unsolved problems as an incentive for the reader to pursue thesubject further. Provides a summary of current knowledge on driven diffusive systemsEmphasis is placed on detailing open questions and unsolved problemsCovers the entire subject from original driven lattice gas to a survey of related models

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics written by Paul D. Beale and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1996-09-12 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is an excellent book from which to learn the methods and results of statistical mechanics.' Nature 'A well written graduate-level text for scientists and engineers... Highly recommended for graduate-level libraries.' ChoiceThis highly successful text, which first appeared in the year 1972 and has continued to be popular ever since, has now been brought up-to-date by incorporating the remarkable developments in the field of 'phase transitions and critical phenomena' that took place over the intervening years. This has been done by adding three new chapters (comprising over 150 pages and containing over 60 homework problems) which should enhance the usefulness of the book for both students and instructors. We trust that this classic text, which has been widely acclaimed for its clean derivations and clear explanations, will continue to provide further generations of students a sound training in the methods of statistical physics.

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics of Periodic Frustrated Ising Systems written by Rainer Liebmann and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics Made Simple written by Daniel Charles Mattis and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elementary concepts in statistics and probability - The ising model and the lattice gas - Elements of thermodynamics - Statistical mechanics - The world of bosons - All about fermions : theories of metals, superconductors, semiconductors - Kinetic theory - The transfer matrix - Some uses of quantum field theory in statistical physics.

Download or read book Topics In Statistical Mechanics Second Edition written by Brian Cowan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the material learned by students in their first few years of study, Topics in Statistical Mechanics (Second Edition) presents an advanced level course on statistical and thermal physics. It begins with a review of the formal structure of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics considered from a unified viewpoint. There is a brief revision of non-interacting systems, including quantum gases and a discussion of negative temperatures. Following this, emphasis is on interacting systems. First, weakly interacting systems are considered, where the interest is in seeing how small interactions cause small deviations from the non-interacting case. Second, systems are examined where interactions lead to drastic changes, namely phase transitions. A number of specific examples is given, and these are unified within the Landau theory of phase transitions. The final chapter of the book looks at non-equilibrium systems, in particular the way they evolve towards equilibrium. This is framed within the context of linear response theory. Here fluctuations play a vital role, as is formalised in the fluctuation-dissipation theorem.The second edition has been revised particularly to help students use this book for self-study. In addition, the section on non-ideal gases has been expanded, with a treatment of the hard-sphere gas, and an accessible discussion of interacting quantum gases. In many cases there are details of Mathematica calculations, including Mathematica Notebooks, and expression of some results in terms of Special Functions.

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics written by A. J. Berlinsky and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a comprehensive treatment of Statistical Mechanics from thermodynamics through the renormalization group, this book serves as the core text for a full-year graduate course in statistical mechanics at either the Masters or Ph.D. level. Each chapter contains numerous exercises, and several chapters treat special topics which can be used as the basis for student projects. The concept of scaling is introduced early and used extensively throughout the text. At the heart of the book is an extensive treatment of mean field theory, from the simplest decoupling approach, through the density matrix formalism, to self-consistent classical and quantum field theory as well as exact solutions on the Cayley tree. Proceeding beyond mean field theory, the book discusses exact mappings involving Potts models, percolation, self-avoiding walks and quenched randomness, connecting various athermal and thermal models. Computational methods such as series expansions and Monte Carlo simulations are discussed, along with exact solutions to the 1D quantum and 2D classical Ising models. The renormalization group formalism is developed, starting from real-space RG and proceeding through a detailed treatment of Wilson’s epsilon expansion. Finally the subject of Kosterlitz-Thouless systems is introduced from a historical perspective and then treated by methods due to Anderson, Kosterlitz, Thouless and Young. Altogether, this comprehensive, up-to-date, and engaging text offers an ideal package for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses or for use in self study.

Download or read book Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems written by FRITZ and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics written by Giovanni Gallavotti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1999-07-21 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear book presents a critical and modern analysis of the conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics as laid down in Boltzmann's works. The author emphasises the relation between microscopic reversibility and macroscopic irreversibility, explaining fundamental concepts in detail.

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Systems written by Sacha Friedli and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A self-contained, mathematical introduction to the driving ideas in equilibrium statistical mechanics, studying important models in detail.

Download or read book Quantum Scaling in Many Body Systems written by Mucio Continentino and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on experimental results, this updated edition approaches the problem of quantum phase transitions from a new and unifying perspective.

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics of Boundary Driven Systems written by Thomas Stephen Welsh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Concise Introduction to the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems written by Eric Bertin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise primer (based on lectures given at summer schools on complex systems and on a masters degree course in complex systems modeling) will provide graduate students and newcomers to the field with the basic knowledge of the concepts and methods of statistical physics and its potential for application to interdisciplinary topics. Indeed, in recent years, statistical physics has begun to attract the interest of a broad community of researchers in the field of complex system sciences, ranging from biology to the social sciences, economics and computer science. More generally, a growing number of graduate students and researchers feel the need to learn some basic concepts and questions originating in other disciplines without necessarily having to master all of the corresponding technicalities and jargon. Generally speaking, the goals of statistical physics may be summarized as follows: on the one hand to study systems composed of a large number of interacting ‘entities’, and on the other to predict the macroscopic (or collective) behavior of the system considered from the microscopic laws ruling the dynamics of the individual ‘entities’. These two goals are, to some extent, also shared by what is nowadays called ‘complex systems science’ and for these reasons, systems studied in the framework of statistical physics may be considered as among the simplest examples of complex systems—allowing in addition a rather well developed mathematical treatment.

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics written by E.H. Lieb and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-11-29 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Statistical Physics one of the ambitious goals is to derive rigorously, from statistical mechanics, the thermodynamic properties of models with realistic forces. Elliott Lieb is a mathematical physicist who meets the challenge of statistical mechanics head on, taking nothing for granted and not being content until the purported consequences have been shown, by rigorous analysis, to follow from the premises. The present volume contains a selection of his contributions to the field, in particular papers dealing with general properties of Coulomb systems, phase transitions in systems with a continuous symmetry, lattice crystals, and entropy inequalities. It also includes work on classical thermodynamics, a discipline that, despite many claims to the contrary, is logically independent of statistical mechanics and deserves a rigorous and unambiguous foundation of its own. The articles in this volume have been carefully annotated by the editors.

Download or read book Statistical Mechanics written by Kerson Huang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1987-05-13 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating mechanics through a clearly written introduction of the theory of microscopic bodies based on the fundamental atomic laws, this book contains a brief but self-contained discussion of thermodynamics and the classical kinetic theory of gases. An introduction to the modern theory of critical phenomena is featured that is concise and pedagogically orientated. This second edition contains up-to-date coverage of recent major advances and important applications, such as superfluids and the Quantum Hall Effect. A large part of the text is devoted to selected applications of statistical mechanics and its value as an illustration of calculating techniques.

Download or read book Statistical Physics written by Morikazu Toda and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1983 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lectures on Statistical Mechanics written by M. G. Bowler and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lectures on Statistical Mechanics