Scale Invariance

From Phase Transitions to Turbulence

AvAnnick LESNE,Michel Laguës

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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During a century, from the Van der Waals mean field description (1874) of gases to the introduction of renormalization group (RG techniques 1970), thermodynamics and statistical physics were just unable to account for the incredible universality which was observed in numerous critical phenomena.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-11-04
Mått:155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:750 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783642151224
Originaltitel:Invariances d'échelle

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From the reviews: "The book begins with an introduction to scale invariance in the context of critical behaviors. ... In addition to the high quality of its numerous diagrams and plots and the admirable readability of its equations and fonts, Scale Invariance is well written and surprisingly engaging. ... The authors also do an excellent job of including the history of the topics they present; they make wise decisions about when to include significant historical details ... . The diligent reader will benefit from Scale Invariance ... ." (John R. Saylor, Physics Today, November, 2012)

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.- Introduction.- Change of State in Matter.- Fractal Geometry.- Universality as a Consequence of Scale Invariance.- Diffusion.- The Percolation Transition.- Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics.- Superconducting Cuprates.- Growth Mechanisms and Interface Roughness.- Dynamical Systems, Chaos and Turbulence.- Self-Organized Critical Phenomena.- Scale Invariance in Biology.- Power and Limits of Scaling Approaches