Description: Fluctuations, Instabilities, and Phase Transitions Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): T. Riste Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., United States Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. ISBN-13: 9781461589143, 978-1461589143 Synopsis This book contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Geilo, Norway, 11th - 20th April 1975. The institute was the third in a row devoted to phase transitions. The previous two dealt with 2nd- and 1st-order transitions in equilibrium systems and the proceedings have been [url] In order to make an overlap wi th those institutes, the first part of this institute was devoted to 1st -or der transitions with an emphasis on the problems of metast abi l i t y and instability en countered i n spinodal decomposition, nucleation etc. The main topic was, however, that of non-equilibrium systems, and the present institute was to our knowledge the first one devoted to the physics of such systems. The discovery of the analogy between phase transitions in equilibrium systems and instabilities in non-equilibrium systems was first made by Rolf Landauer in 1961 and later independently by others. The analogy was first pointed out for electronic devices (tunnel diodes, Gunn oscillators, lasers, etc. ) and the treatment of hydrodynamic instabilities followed later.
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Book Title: Fluctuations, Instabilities, and Phase Transitions
Number of Pages: 389 Pages
Publication Name: Fluctuations, Instabilities, and Phase Transitions
Language: English
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Item Height: 254 mm
Subject: Education
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Study Guide
Item Weight: 758 g
Author: T. Riste
Item Width: 178 mm
Series: Nato Science Series B
Format: Paperback
