Cambridge University Press eBooks· 2014· Book chapter
Phase transitions and critical phenomena
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Short summary
This chapter provides a unified treatment of concepts and quantities relevant to phase transitions and critical phenomena, including applications of renormalization group ideas.
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Key points
- Covers physical concepts and quantities for phase transitions and critical phenomena.
- Integrates concepts previously discussed in magnetism and liquid crystals.
- Includes applications of renormalization group ideas to critical phenomena.
- Highlights the reconciliation of classical theories with experimental data and model solutions.
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Abstract
In this chapter we provide a comprehensive and unified treatment of the physical concepts and quantities relevant to phase transitions and critical phenomena. Some of these concepts and quantities have already been discussed in the particular contexts of magnetism (Chapter 7), or liquid crystals (Chapter 9, We conclude the chapter with a brief reference to the application of renormalisation group ideas to critical phenomena. The resulting reconciliation of the predictions of classical theories with experiments and exact or quasi-exact solutions of model systems is a major triumph of twentieth-century physics.
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Field: Condensed Matter Physics
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