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This book is Volume 2 of a two-volume set describing two main classes of non-equilibrium phase-transitions. This volume covers dynamical scaling in far-from-equilibrium relaxation behaviour and ageing. Motivated initially by experimental results, dynamical scaling has now been recognised as a cornerstone in the modern understanding of far from equilibrium relaxation. Dynamical scaling is systematically introduced, starting from coarsening phenomena, and existing analytical results and numerical estimates of universal non-equilibrium exponents and scaling functions are reviewed in detail. Ageing phenomena in glasses, as well as in simple magnets, are paradigmatic examples of non-equilibrium dynamical scaling, but may also be found in irreversible systems of chemical reactions. Recent theoretical work sought to understand if dynamical scaling may be just a part of a larger symmetry, called local scale-invariance. Initially, this was motivated by certain analogies with the conformal invariance of equilibrium phase transitions; this work has recently reached a degree of completion and the research is presented, systematically and in detail, in book form for the first time. Numerous worked-out exercises are included. Quite similar ideas apply to the phase transitions of equilibrium systems with competing interactions and interesting physical realisations, for example in Lifshitz points.
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Distribution (Probability theory), Physics, Phase transformations (statistical physics), Statistical mechanics, Nichtgleichgewichts-Phasenübergang, Phase transformations (Statistical physics), Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, Mathematical physics, Statistical physics, Condensed matter, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Condensed Matter, Statistical Physics, Numerical and Computational Methods, Probability Theory and Stochastic ProcessesEdition | Availability |
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Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions: Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium
2010, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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9048128684 9789048128686
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