1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002507370403321

Autore

Morgan, Byron J.T.

Titolo

Elements of Simulation / Byron J.T. Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Chapman & Hall, 1984

ISBN

0412245809

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 351 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

519

Locazione

MAS

Collocazione

VIII-B-24

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000341130203316

Autore

PELOSI, Giuseppe

Titolo

Quick finite elements for electromagnetic waves / Giuseppe Pelosi, Roberto Coccioli, Stefano Selleri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston [etc.] : Artech House, copyr.1998

ISBN

0-89006-848-8

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 219 p. ; 24 cm + 1 Cd-Rom

Collana

The Artech house antenna library

Altri autori (Persone)

COCCIOLI, Roberto

SELLERI, Stefano

Disciplina

621.3813

Soggetti

Onde elettromagnetiche

Metodo degli elementi finiti

Collocazione

621.3813 PEL

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910629293903321

Autore

Miyashita Seiji

Titolo

Collapse of Metastability : Dynamics of First-Order Phase Transition / / by Seiji Miyashita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9789811966682

9789811966675

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 pages)

Collana

Fundamental Theories of Physics, , 2365-6425 ; ; 211

Disciplina

016.61483

Soggetti

Condensed matter

Statistical physics

Condensed Matter Physics

Statistical Physics

Phase Transition and Critical Phenomena

Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- What is the Metastability -- Metastability-Collapse by Thermal Fluctuation -- Metastability-Collapse with Quantum Fluctuation -- First-Order Phase Transition in Non-equilibrium Steady Systems -- Eigenvalue Picture of the First-Order Phase Transition -- Coercivity and Permanent Magnet -- Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

To understand phenomena in nature, it is important to focus not only on properties of stationary states, but also their changes in time, that is, the dynamics between bistable states. This book reviews the mechanics of first-order phase transitions and discusses relaxation and collapses of metastable states from various viewpoints, including Kramers' method for the lifetime of metastability, Langer’s analysis on the singularity, effects of thermal fluctuation studied by Néel and Brown, and eigenvalue structures of the transfer-matrix for the phase transitions. The book also goes into the mechanics of metastability in quantum systems from the viewpoints of the eigenvalue problem of the Hamiltonian and the Liouvillian for a dynamical process and discusses relations between quantum tunneling processes and metastability



therein. Lastly, the coercivity of magnets consisting of an ensemble of grains is reviewed. The book is beneficial for those new in the field as a primer on first-order phase transition from modern perspectives. The comprehensive content offers overviews of related topics and allows readers to quickly catch up with developments in the field.