Phase Transitions and Relaxation in Systems with Competing Energy Scales (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)

Systems with competing energy scales are widespread and exhibit rich and subtle behaviour, although their systematic study is a relatively recent activity. This text presents lectures given at a NATO Advanced Study Institute reviewing the current knowledge and understanding of this fascinating subject, particularly with regard to phase transitions and dynamics, at an advanced tutorial level. Both general and specific aspects are considered, with competitions having several origins; differences in intrinsic interactions, interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic effects, such as geometry and disorder; irreversibility and non-equilibration. Among the specific physical application areas are supercooled liquids and glasses, high-temperature superconductors, flux or vortex pinning and motion, charge density waves, domain growth and coarsening, and electron solidification.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	NATO Science Series C, 415
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	1993
Editors:	T. Riste • David Sherrington
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	452
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
ISBN-13:	978-9401048439
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > General Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Testing of materials > General
LSN:	9401048436
Barcode:	9789401048439

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