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Fluctuations, Instabilities, and Phase Transitions

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  • © 1975

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Editors:
  1. Tormod Riste

    1. Institute for Atomic Energy, Kjeller, Norway

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 11)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Phase Transition and Turbulence: An Introduction

    • P. G. de Gennes
    Pages 1-18

  3. Spinodal Decomposition

    • James S. Langer
    Pages 19-42

  4. Clustering and Spinodal Decomposition in Cu-Ni Alloys

    • J. Vrijen, C. van Dijk
    Pages 43-52

  5. Dynamics of First Order Phase Transitions

    • K. Binder
    Pages 53-86

  6. Phase Separation Experiments Near the Critical Point

    • Walter I. Goldburg, John S. Huang
    Pages 87-106

  7. Stochastic Models of Crystal Growth

    • H. Mül ler-Krumbhaar
    Pages 107-116

  8. Effects of Quantum Fluctuations on First Order Phase Transitions

    • Günther Meissner
    Pages 117-126

  9. Thermal Diffusion and Barodiffusion Measurements Near a Consolute Critical Point

    • M. Giglio, A. Vendramini
    Pages 127-137

  10. Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies of Al and Pb Near their Melting Points

    • Jens Klæstrup Kristensen, R. M. J. Cotterill
    Pages 139-151

  11. A Survey of Hydrodynamic Instabilities

    • J. A. Whitehead Jr.
    Pages 153-180

  12. The Rayleigh-Benard Instability at Helium Temperatures

    • Guenter Ahlers
    Pages 181-193

  13. Critical Exponents and Generalized Potential for the Taylor Instability

    • J. P. Gollub, Michael H. Freilich
    Pages 195-203

  14. Pretransitional Effects in the Rayleigh-Benard Instability

    • H. N. W. Lekkerkerker, Jean-Pierre Boon
    Pages 205-214

  15. Macroscopic Theory of Fluctuations and Instabilities in Optics and Hydrodynamics

    • Robert Graham
    Pages 215-279

  16. Mode-Mode Coupling Theory of the Heat Convection Threshold

    • Harald Pleiner
    Pages 281-293

  17. Instabilities in Nematic Liquid Crystals

    • E. Guyon
    Pages 295-311

  18. Neutron Scattering Study of Transitions to Convection and Turbulence in Nematic Para-Azoxyanisole (PAA)

    • H. Bjerrum Møller, T. Riste, K. Otnes
    Pages 313-322

  19. Rayleigh-Benard Instability: Experimental Findings Obtained by Light Scattering and Other Optical Methods

    • P. Bergé
    Pages 323-352

  20. Dissipative Structures and their Mechanism of Onset

    • R. Lefever
    Pages 353-377
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About this book

This book contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Geilo, Norway, 11th - 20th April 1975. The institute was the third in a row devoted to phase transitions. The previous two dealt with 2nd- and 1st-order transitions in equilibrium systems and the proceedings have been published.i~ In order to make an overlap wi th those institutes, the first part of this institute was devoted to 1st -or der transitions with an emphasis on the problems of metast abi l i t y and instability en­ countered i n spinodal decomposition, nucleation etc. The main topic was, however, that of non-equilibrium systems, and the present institute was to our knowledge the first one devoted to the physics of such systems. The discovery of the analogy between phase transitions in equilibrium systems and instabilities in non-equilibrium systems was first made by Rolf Landauer in 1961 and later independently by others. The analogy was first pointed out for electronic devices (tunnel diodes, Gunn oscillators, lasers, etc. ) and the treatment of hydrodynamic instabilities followed later.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Atomic Energy, Kjeller, Norway

    Tormod Riste

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fluctuations, Instabilities, and Phase Transitions

  • Editors: Tormod Riste

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8912-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-8914-3Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-8912-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 389

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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