Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions : Volume I: Absorbing Phase Transitions
Publication year: 2008
: 978-1-4020-8765-3
This book describes two main classes of non-equilibrium phase-transitions: (a) static and dynamics of transitions into an absorbing state, and (b) dynamical scaling in far-from-equilibrium relaxation behaviour and ageing. The first volume begins with an introductory chapter which recalls the main concepts of phase-transitions, set for the convenience of the reader in an equilibrium context. The extension to non-equilibrium systems is made by using directed percolation as the main paradigm of absorbing phase transitions and in view of the richness of the known results an entire chapter is devoted to it, including a discussion of recent experimental results. Scaling theories and a large set of both numerical and analytical methods for the study of non-equilibrium phase transitions are thoroughly discussed.
: Physics and Astronomy, Canopus, Phase Transition, Phase Transitions, Variance, directed percolation, nonequilibrium phase transitions, numerical simulation, phase transitions into absorbing states, phenomenological scaling theory, renormalisation-group, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Condensed Matter Physics, Complex Systems, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
