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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300146203321

Autore

Ma Tian

Titolo

Phase transition dynamics / / Tian Ma, Shouhong Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

1-4614-8963-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 555 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

515.353

Soggetti

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

User’s Guide -- General Theory of Phase Transition Dynamics -- Dynamic Transition Theory.- Equilibrium Phase Transition in Statistical Physics -- Fluid Dynamics -- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Climate Dynamics -- Dynamical Transitions in Chemistry and Biology.- References .

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an introduction to a comprehensive and unified dynamic transition theory for dissipative systems and to applications of the theory to a range of problems in the nonlinear sciences. The main objectives of this book are to introduce a general principle of dynamic transitions for dissipative systems, to establish a systematic dynamic transition theory, and to explore the physical implications of applications of the theory to a range of problems in the nonlinear sciences. The basic philosophy of the theory is to search for a complete set of transition states, and the general principle states that dynamic transitions of all dissipative systems can be classified into three categories: continuous, catastrophic and random. The audience for this book includes advanced graduate students and researchers in mathematics and physics as well as in other related fields.