Fluctuation theory of phase transitions
Subtitle: covering second-order phase transitions, scale and conformal invariance, algebras of fluctuating quantities, degenerate systems, critical dynamics, epsilon expansions, renormalization group, and applications
By: by A. Z. Patashinskiĭ and V. L. Pokrovskiĭ ; translated and edited by P. J. Shepherd.
Contributors: Pokrovskiĭ, V. L. joint author.; Shepherd, Peter J.
Series: International series in natural philosophy ;; v. 98
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Calculus of variations.; Fluctuations (Physics)
Notes: Bibliography: p. 308-317.
A translation with revisions of Fluktuat͡s︡ionnai͡a︡ teorii͡a︡ fazovykh perekhodov.
Includes index.