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- Focusses on simulation methods, scaling arguments and new methods using dynamical symmetries
- Reviews in detail existing non-perturbative quantitative results on non-equilibrium phase transitions
Part of the book series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (TMP)
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“The importance of knowledge consists not only in its direct practical utility but also in the fact the it promotes a widely contemplative habit of mind; on this ground, utility is to be found in much of the knowledge that is nowadays labelled ‘useless’. ” Bertrand Russel, In Praise of Idleness, London (1935) “Why are scientists in so many cases so deeply interested in their work ? Is it merely because it is useful ? It is only necessary to talk to such scientists to discover that the utilitarian possibilities of their work are generally of secondary interest to them. Something else is primary. ” David Bohm, On creativity, Abingdon (1996) In this volume, the dynamical critical behaviour of many-body systems far from equilibrium is discussed. Therefore, the intrinsic properties of the - namics itself, rather than those of the stationary state, are in the focus of 1 interest. Characteristically, far-from-equilibrium systems often display - namical scaling, even if the stationary state isvery far from being critical. A 1 As an example of a non-equilibrium phase transition, with striking practical c- sequences, consider the allotropic change of metallic ?-tin to brittle ?-tin. At o equilibrium, the gray ?-Sn becomes more stable than the silvery ?-Sn at 13. 2 C. Kinetically, the transition between these two solid forms of tin is rather slow at higher temperatures. It starts from small islands of ?-Sn, the growth of which proceeds through an auto-catalytic reaction.
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“This book is the second of a two-volume work on non-equilibrium phase transitions … . a well written and valuable introduction to these problems, for mathematicians as well as for physicists. … The book finishes with several appendices, where the reader can be reminded of useful physical and mathematical results … a large section where the almost one hundred problems proposed throughout the book are fully worked out, and a huge and very useful reference list of more than seven hundred fifty items.” (Fernando Pestana da Costa, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 j)Authors and Affiliations
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Malte Henkel, born in 1960, received his Master's degree from the University of Bonn in 1984, and his PhD in 1987, when he also won the annual prize of the Minerva Foundation. From that year onward he has been a long-term visitor in many institutes, including the ITP at Santa Barbara, USA, the SPhT at Saclay, France, and the universities of Oxford, UK, Vienna, Austria, Padova, Italy, and Lisbon, Portugal. In 1995 he was appointed a professor at the University of Nancy I. His current research encompasses equilibrium and non-equilibrium phase transitions, using field-theoretical and numerical methods in general. In particular, his current focus is on dynamical scaling behaviour realised in ageing phenomena far from equilibrium. He has published well over a hundred articles and three monographs, one of which is Volume I of this set.
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Book Title: Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions
Book Subtitle: Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium
Authors: Malte Henkel, Michel Pleimling
Series Title: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2869-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2868-6Published: 12 July 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8372-9Published: 20 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2869-3Published: 19 January 2011
Series ISSN: 1864-5879
Series E-ISSN: 1864-5887
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 544
Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Complex Systems, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems