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Book Phase transitions and critical phenomena  17  Statistical mechanics of driven diffusive systems

Download or read book Phase transitions and critical phenomena 17 Statistical mechanics of driven diffusive systems written by [Anonymus AC01412183] and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Statistical Mechanics of Driven Diffusive Systems

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

Book Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

Download or read book Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-09-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of phase transitions and critical phenomena continues to be active in research, producing a steady stream of interesting and fruitful results. No longer an area of specialist interest, it has acquired a central focus in condensed matter studies. The major aim of this serial is to provide review articles that can serve as standard references for research workers in the field, and for graduate students and others wishing to obtain reliable information on important recent developments.The two review articles in this volume complement each other in a remarkable way. Both deal with what might be called the modern geometricapproach to the properties of macroscopic systems. The first article by Georgii (et al.) describes how recent advances in the application ofgeometric ideas leads to a better understanding of pure phases and phase transitions in equilibrium systems. The second article by Alava (et al.)deals with geometrical aspects of multi-body systems in a hands-on way, going beyond abstract theory to obtain practical answers. Thecombination of computers and geometrical ideas described in this volume will doubtless play a major role in the development of statisticalmechanics in the twenty-first century.

Book Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena  Statistical mechanics of driven diffusive systems

Download or read book Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena Statistical mechanics of driven diffusive systems written by Cyril Domb and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 220 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 systems Emphasis is placed on detailing open questions and unsolved problems Covers the entire subject from original driven lattice gas to a survey of related models

Book Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

Download or read book Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena written by Cyril Domb and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Statphys 19   Proceedings Of The 19th Iupap International Conference On Statistical Physics

Download or read book Statphys 19 Proceedings Of The 19th Iupap International Conference On Statistical Physics written by Bailin Hao and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-03-18 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics is devoted to the general field of statistical physics, including traditional topics such as statistical methods concerning the static and dynamic properties of mesoscopic and macroscopic states of matter, as well as hot topics of current interest in applications of statistical physics. These include quantum chaos and turbulence, structures and patterns, fractals, neural networks, computer simulation and visualization in statistical physics, disordered systems and heterogeneous systems, simple and complex fluids.

Book Non Equilibrium Phase Transitions

Download or read book Non Equilibrium Phase Transitions written by Malte Henkel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes two main classes of non-equilibrium phase-transitions: static and dynamics of transitions into an absorbing state, and dynamical scaling in far-from-equilibrium relaxation behavior and ageing.

Book A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics

Download or read book A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics written by Pavel L. Krapivsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-equilibrium statistical physics. It focuses on the development and application of theoretical methods to help students develop their problem-solving skills. The book begins with microscopic transport processes: diffusion, collision-driven phenomena, and exclusion. It then presents the kinetics of aggregation, fragmentation and adsorption, where the basic phenomenology and solution techniques are emphasized. The following chapters cover kinetic spin systems, both from a discrete and a continuum perspective, the role of disorder in non-equilibrium processes, hysteresis from the non-equilibrium perspective, the kinetics of chemical reactions, and the properties of complex networks. The book contains 200 exercises to test students' understanding of the subject. A link to a website hosted by the authors, containing supplementary material including solutions to some of the exercises, can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521851039.

Book Stochastic Transport in Complex Systems

Download or read book Stochastic Transport in Complex Systems written by Andreas Schadschneider and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part of the book provides a pedagogical introduction to the physics of complex systems driven far from equilibrium. In this part we discuss the basic concepts and theoretical techniques which are commonly used to study classical stochastic transport in systems of interacting driven particles. The analytical techniques include mean-field theories, matrix product ansatz, renormalization group, etc. and the numerical methods are mostly based on computer simulations. In the second part of the book these concepts and techniques are applied not only to vehicular traffic but also to transport and traffic-like phenomena in living systems ranging from collective movements of social insects (for example, ants) on trails to intracellular molecular motor transport. These demonstrate the conceptual unity of the fundamental principles underlying the apparent diversity of the systems and the utility of the theoretical toolbox of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics in interdisciplinary research far beyond the traditional disciplinary boundaries of physics. - Leading industry experts provide a broad overview of the interdisciplinary nature of physics - Presents unified descriptions of intracellular, ant, and vehicular traffic from a physics point of view - Applies theoretical methods in practical everyday situations - Reference and guide for physicists, engineers and graduate students

Book Critical Dynamics

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  • Author : Uwe C. Täuber
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2014-03-06
  • ISBN : 0521842239
  • Pages : 529 pages

Download or read book Critical Dynamics written by Uwe C. Täuber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and unified introduction to describing and understanding complex interacting systems.

Book Index

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  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2000-10-06
  • ISBN : 0080538770
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book Index written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-10-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of phase transitions and critical phenomena continues to be active in research, producing a steady stream of interesting and fruitful results. It has moved into a central place in condensed matter studies.Statistical physics, and more specifically, the theory of transitions between states of matter, more or less defines what we know about 'everyday' matter and its transformations.The major aim of this serial is to provide review articles that can serve as standard references for research workers in the field, and for graduate students and others wishing to obtain reliable information on important recent developments.

Book 50 Years Of The Renormalization Group  Dedicated To The Memory Of Michael E Fisher

Download or read book 50 Years Of The Renormalization Group Dedicated To The Memory Of Michael E Fisher written by Amnon Aharony and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in the book are devoted to the memory of Michael E Fisher, and hence include many personal memories from people whose work was influenced by him. Also, the book is a collection of articles from leaders in the field of phase transitions and critical phenomena, to celebrate 50 years of the renormalization group and the 1972 paper by Wilson and Fisher. Many of the articles review, in tutorial form, the progress in the fields of phase transitions and the renormalization group.

Book Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVIII

Download or read book Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVIII written by David P. Landau and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This status report features the most recent developments in the field, spanning a wide range of topical areas in the computer simulation of condensed matter/materials physics. Both established and new topics are included, ranging from the statistical mechanics of classical magnetic spin models to electronic structure calculations, quantum simulations, and simulations of soft condensed matter.

Book Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics in One Dimension

Download or read book Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics in One Dimension written by Vladimir Privman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-02-20 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-contained and up-to-date guide to one-dimensional reactions, dynamics, diffusion and adsorption.

Book Semi analytic Methods for the Navier Stokes Equations

Download or read book Semi analytic Methods for the Navier Stokes Equations written by Katie Coughlin and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1999-04-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lectures collected for this volume were given during a workshop entitled, ``Semi-analytic Methods for the Navier Stokes Equations'' held at the CRM in Montreal. The title reflects the current reality in fluid dynamics: Navier-Stokes equations (NSE) describe the behavior of fluid in a wide range of physical situations, the solutions of these equations are sufficiently complicated, so that another level of analysis is clearly needed. The fundamental problem is not just to solve the NSE, but also to understand what the solutions mean. One of the goals of the workshop was to bring together people who, while working in different fields, share a common perspective on the nature of the problem to be solved. The lectures present a diverse set of techniques for modelling, computing, and understanding phenomena such as instabilities, turbulence and spatiotemporal chaos in fluids.

Book Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVI

Download or read book Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVI written by David P. Landau and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This status report features the most recent developments in the field, spanning a wide range of topical areas in the computer simulation of condensed matter/materials physics. Highlights of this volume include various aspects of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, studies of properties of real materials using both classical model simulations and electronic structure calculations, and the use of computer simulation in teaching.

Book Parallel Algorithms and Cluster Computing

Download or read book Parallel Algorithms and Cluster Computing written by Karl Heinz Hoffmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-24 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents advances in high performance computing as well as advances accomplished using high performance computing. It contains a collection of papers presenting results achieved in the collaboration of scientists from computer science, mathematics, physics, and mechanical engineering. From science problems to mathematical algorithms and on to the effective implementation of these algorithms on massively parallel and cluster computers, the book presents state-of-the-art methods and technology, and exemplary results in these fields.