Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and solid state physics, as well as researchers in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and materials science, will welcome this. Surface critical phenomena at firstorder phase transitions reinhard lipowsky baker laboratory, cornell university, ithaca, ny 14853 usa received october 23, 1985 frequently, firstorder phase transitions in solids are characterized by the coexistence of a. Experiments show remarkable features, such as irrational critical exponents and universality among groups of apparently radically different systems. First order transitions phase coexistence extension to many densities 3. Elements of phase transitions and critical phenomena. Many excellent books exist on the subject of phase transitions and critical phenomena. Stanley, introduction to phase transition and critical phenomena, oxford university press, new york. Critical phenomena the aim of this introductory chapter is to introduce the concept of a phase transition and to. Eugene stanley, 9780195053166, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Phase transitions and critical phenomena book series. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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