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

Gonzalo, Julio A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810203241 ISBN 13: 9789810203245

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

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810203241
• ISBN 13: 9789810203245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236