Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long Range Interactions / / edited by Thierry Dauxois, Stefano Ruffo, Ennio Arimondo, Martin Wilkens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139818803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2002
• ISBN: 3-540-45835-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2002.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XI, 492 p.)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 602
• Disciplina: 531.11
• Soggetti: Statistical physics; Dynamical systems; Thermodynamics; Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Condensed materials; Complex Systems; Quantum Gases and Condensates; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long-Range Interactions: An Introduction -- Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long-Range Interactions: An Introduction -- Statistical Mechanics -- Thermo-statistics or Topology of the Microcanonical Entropy Surface -- Ensemble Inequivalence in Mean-Field Models of Magnetism -- Phase Transitions in Finite Systems -- Phase Transitions in Systems with 1/r ? Attractive Interactions -- Nonextensivity: From Low-Dimensional Maps to Hamiltonian Systems -- Astrophysics -- Statistical Mechanics of Gravitating Systems in Static and Cosmological Backgrounds -- Statistical Mechanics of Two-Dimensional Vortices and Stellar Systems -- Bose-Einstein Condensation -- Coherence and Superfluidity of Gaseous Bose-Einstein Condensates -- Ultracold Atoms and Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices -- Canonical ; Statistics of Occupation Numbers for Ideal and Weakly Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates -- New Regimes in Cold Gases via Laser-Induced Long-Range Interactions -- Nonlinear Dynamics -- Dynamics and Self-consistent Chaos in a Mean Field Hamiltonian Model -- Kinetic Theory for Plasmas and Wave-Particle Hamiltonian Dynamics -- Emergence of Fractal Clusters in Sequential Adsorption Processes -- The Hamiltonian Mean Field Model: From Dynamics to Statistical Mechanics and Back.
• Sommario/riassunto: Properties of systems with long range interactions are still poorly understood despite being of importance in most areas of physics. The present volume introduces and reviews the effort of constructing a coherent thermodynamic treatment of such systems by combining tools from statistical mechanics with concepts and methods from dynamical systems. Analogies and differences between various systems are examined by considering a large range of applications, with emphasis on Bose--Einstein condensates. Written as a set of tutorial reviews, the book will be useful for both the experienced researcher as well as the nonexpert scientist or postgraduate student.