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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437879603321

Autore

Wang C.B

Titolo

Application of integrable systems to phase transitions / / C.B. Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg, Germany : , : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-38565-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

510

515.5

519

530.15

Soggetti

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Eigenfunctions

Matrix analytic methods

Quantum theory - Mathematics

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

Introduction -- Densities in Hermitian Matrix Models -- Bifurcation Transitions and Expansions -- Large-N Transitions and Critical Phenomena -- Densities in Unitary Matrix Models -- Transitions in the Unitary Matrix Models -- Marcenko-Pastur Distribution and McKay’s Law.

Sommario/riassunto

The eigenvalue densities in various matrix models in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) are ultimately unified in this book by a unified model derived from the integrable systems. Many new density models and free energy functions are consequently solved and presented. The phase transition models including critical phenomena with fractional power-law for the discontinuities of the free energies in the matrix models are systematically classified by means of a clear and rigorous mathematical demonstration. The methods here will stimulate new research directions such as the important Seiberg-Witten differential in Seiberg-Witten theory for solving the mass gap problem in quantum Yang-Mills theory. The formulations and results will benefit researchers and students in the fields of phase transitions, integrable systems, matrix models and Seiberg-Witten theory.