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Dissipative Phenomena in Condensed Matter

Some Applications

  • Compensates the lack of a textbook in noneqilibrium statistical physics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 71)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
  2. Diffusion Processes

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 1-29
  3. Kinetic Ising Models

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 31-55
  4. An Overview of Phase Ordering Dynamics

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 57-72
  5. Domain Growth in Systems with Quenched Disorder

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 73-103
  6. Surface-Directed Spinodal Decomposition and Surface Enrichment

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 105-146
  7. Phase Ordering Dynamics in the Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 147-172
  8. Quantum Dissipative Systems

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 173-203
  9. Dissipative Two-State Systems

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 205-245
  10. Quantum Diffusion

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 247-261
  11. Coherence and Decoherence

    • Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri
    Pages 263-285
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 287-310

About this book

From the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics, this graduate- and research-level volume treats the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines like condensed matter physics, materials science, metallurgy, chemical physics etc. are discussed. Dattagupta employs the broad framework of stochastic processes and master equation techniques to obtain models for a wide range of experimentally relevant phenomena such as classical and quantum Brownian motion, spin dynamics, kinetics of phase ordering, relaxation in glasses, dissipative tunneling. It provides a pedagogical exposition of current research material and will be useful to experimentalists, computational physicists and theorists.

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"A reference and text, this book treats the broadly applicable area of nonequilibrium statistical physics and concentrates the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines … are discussed. … This book will serve as a graduate/research level textbook since it offers considerable utility to experimentalists, computational physicists and theorists." (Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Issue: 11, 2004)

Authors and Affiliations

  • S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake Kolkata, India

    Sushanta Dattagupta

  • School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

    Sanjay Puri

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dissipative Phenomena in Condensed Matter

  • Book Subtitle: Some Applications

  • Authors: Sushanta Dattagupta, Sanjay Puri

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06758-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-20381-0Published: 20 February 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05799-1Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-06758-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0933-033X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 310

  • Topics: Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Available as PDF
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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