Phase transitions of simple systems
By: Boris M. Smirnov, R. Stephen Berry.
Contributors: Smirnov, B. M. 1938-; Berry, Stephen R.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9783540715139
Subjects: Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Quantum theory.; Thermodynamics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-242) and index.
Table of contents: value: Thermodynamics of ensembles of classical particles. Excitations in simple atomic ensembles. Structures of ensembles of interacting particles. Thermodynamics of dense gases and liquids. Clusters with short-range interaction. Ensembles of classical particles with repulsion; value: Configurational excitations and aggregate states of ensembles of classical particles. Configurational excitation and voids in ensembles of bound classical atoms. Configurational cluster excitation with pairwise interactions. Phase transitions in macroscopic systems of atoms. Melting of clusters and bulk atomic ensembles; value: Dynamics of configurational excitations in ensembles of classical particles. Coexistence of cluster phases. Glassy states of an ensemble of bound atoms. Transport of voids in nucleation processes.