Phase transitions and critical phenomena. Volume 19 (©2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by C. Domb and J.L. Lebowitz.
• Other Names: Domb, Cyril; Lebowitz, Joel Louis, 1930-
• Contents: VOLUME 19 TABLE OF CONTENTS; ; General Preface; Preface to Volume 19; Chapter 1: Exactly solvable models for many-body systems far from equilibrium; Gunter M. Schütz; Introduction; Quantum Hamiltonian formalism for the master equation; Integrable stochastic processes; Asymptotic behaviour; Equivalences of stochastic processes; The symmetric exclusion process; Driven lattice gases; Reaction-diffusion processes; Free-fermion systems; Experimental realizations of integrable reaction-diffusion systems; Acknowledgements; A. The two-dimensional vertex model; Universality of interface fluctuations; Exact solution for empty-interval probabilities in the ASEP with open boundaries; Frequently-used notation; ; Chapter 2: Polymerized membranes, a review; Kay Jörg Wiese; Introduction and outline; Basic properties of membranes; Field theoretic treatment of tethered membranes; Some useful tools and relation to polymer theory; Proof of perturbative renormalizability; Calculations at 2-loop order; Extracting the physical information: Extrapolations; Other critical exponents; The tricritical point; Variants; Dynamics; Disorder and non-conserved forces; N-colored membranes; Large orders; Conclusions; Appendices; Exercises with solutions; References
• Publisher Details: San Diego, Calif : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Copyright Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 498 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 530.13; Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Critical phenomena (Physics); FICTION -- General; Critical phenomena (Physics); Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080538761; 0080538762
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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