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Far from Equilibrium Phase Transitions

Proceedings of the Xth Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, June 6–10, 1988

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Luis Garrido
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 319)

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. A review of current issues in the quantum theory of envelope solitons

    • Katja Lindenberg, David Brown, Xidi Wang
    Pages 1-28

  3. Fluctuations in the transient dynamics of nonlinear optical systems

    • M. San Miguel
    Pages 29-43

  4. Theoretical methods in pattern formation in Physics, Chemistry and Biology

    • M. C. Cross
    Pages 45-74

  5. Two nonequilibrium phase transitions: Stochastic Hopf bifurcation and onset of relaxation oscillations in the diffusive sine-Gordon model

    • Luis L. Bonilla
    Pages 75-96

  6. Exactly solvable multistable Fokker-Planck models with arbitrarily prescribed N lowest eigenvalues

    • H. R. Jauslin
    Pages 97-107

  7. Phase and frequency dynamics in laser instabilities

    • N. B. Abraham
    Pages 108-138

  8. Fluctuations and critical phenomena in reaction-diffusion systems

    • Alexandre S. Mikhailov
    Pages 139-156

  9. From deterministic chaos to noise in retarded feedback systems

    • M. Le Berre, Y. Pomeau, E. Ressayre, A. Tallet, H. M. Gibbs, D. L. Kaplan et al.
    Pages 157-175

  10. Non-local and non-linear problems in the physics of disordered media

    • Etienne Guyon, Stéphane Roux, Alex Hansen
    Pages 177-193

  11. Convection in binary mixtures propagating and standing patterns

    • M. Lücke
    Pages 195-215

  12. Time-dependent phase transitions

    • Paul Mandel, H. Zeghlache, T. Erneux
    Pages 217-235

  13. Quantum treatment of dispersive optical bistability

    • H. Risken, K. Vogel
    Pages 237-262

  14. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and spatial structures in optical systems

    • L. A. Lugiato, C. Oldano, L. Sartirana, Wang Kaige
    Pages 263-280

  15. Scaling for an interfacial instability

    • David Jasnow
    Pages 281-305

  16. Field theory for growth kinetics

    • Gene F. Mazenko
    Pages 307-335

  17. Back Matter

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This collection of lectures covers a wide range of present day research in thermodynamics and the theory of phase transitions far from equilibrium. The contributions are written in a pedagogical style and present an extensive bibliography to help graduates organize their further studies in this area. The reader will find lectures on principles of pattern formation in physics, chemistry and biology, phase instabilities and phase transitions, spatial and temporal structures in optical systems, transition to chaos, critical phenomena and fluctuations in reaction-diffusion systems, and much more.

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