Effective Field Approach To Phase Transitions And Some Applications To Ferroelectrics: 35 (World Scientific Lecture Notes In Physics) - Hardcover

Gonzalo, Julio A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9810203233 ISBN 13: 9789810203238

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

The first half of the book presents the effective field approach, which is certainly the simplest approach to investigate cooperative phenomena and the accompanying phase transitions. It provides a common, intuitive approximation to the physics of such diverse phenomena as liquid-vapor transitions, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, order-disorder in alloys, ferroelectricity, superfluidity and ferroelasticity. The connection between the effective field approach and Landau's phenomenological theory is stressed. The latter half is devoted to some specific applications of the effective field concept to ferroelectric systems.

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Review

"... thorough introduction to the effective-field approach and to other theories of phase transitions and as a good reference tool for further reading and research in this area. The book is recommended for use by advanced students and active researchers interested in phase transitions." Kira Mirsky Ferroelectrics, 1992

Synopsis

Based on a graduate course on phase transitions at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, in 1989. Presents a simple explanation of the effective field approach to investigate phase transitions, a well established procedure. Applies the method to a few phase transitions, mostly solid state, with special attention to ferroelectric systems. Acidic paper

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810203233
• ISBN 13: 9789810203238
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236