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Phase Transitions and Relaxation in Systems with Competing Energy Scales

By David Sherrington (eds.) , Tormod Riste

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1993
ISBN
978-94-010-4843-9, 978-94-011-1908-5
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-1908-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16632690 bytes)
Series
NATO ASI Series 415
Edition
1
Pages
452\455
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Eva

Description

Systems with competing energy scales are widespread and exhibit rich and subtle behaviour, although their systematic study is a relatively recent activity. This text presents lectures given at a NATO Advanced Study Institute reviewing the current knowledge and understanding of this fascinating subject, particularly with regard to phase transitions and dynamics, at an advanced tutorial level. Both general and specific aspects are considered, with competitions having several origins; differences in intrinsic interactions, interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic effects, such as geometry and disorder; irreversibility and non-equilibration. Among the specific physical application areas are supercooled liquids and glasses, high-temperature superconductors, flux or vortex pinning and motion, charge density waves, domain growth and coarsening, and electron solidification.

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