Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium
Edición de la obra Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions
| Autor | M. Henkel |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
| Fecha de publicación | 2010 |
| Lugar | Dordrecht |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Formato | [electronic resource] : |
| ISBN-13 | 9789048128686, 9789048128693 |
| OCLC | 305138316 |
| LCCN | 2010927415, 2008929635 |
| Serie | Theoretical and Mathematical Physics |
| Número de Cutter |
H513n |
This book is Volume 2 of a two-volume set describing two main classes of non-equilibrium phase-transitions. This volume covers dynamical scaling in far-from-equilibrium relaxation behaviour and ageing. Motivated initially by experimental results, dynamical scaling has now been recognised as a cornerstone in the modern understanding of far from equilibrium relaxation. Dynamical scaling is systematically introduced, starting from coarsening phenomena, and existing analytical results and numerical estimates of universal non-equilibrium exponents and scaling functions are reviewed in detail. Ageing phenomena in glasses, as well as in simple magnets, are paradigmatic examples of non-equilibrium dynamical scaling, but may also be found in irreversible systems of chemical reactions. Recent theoretical work sought to understand if dynamical scaling may be just a part of a larger symmetry, called local scale-invariance. Initially, this was motivated by certain analogies with the conformal invariance of equilibrium phase transitions; this work has recently reached a degree of completion and the research is presented, systematically and in detail, in book form for the first time. Numerous worked-out exercises are included. Quite similar ideas apply to the phase transitions of equilibrium systems with competing interactions and interesting physical realisations, for example in Lifshitz points.