TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abaimov,Sergey G.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Statistical Physics of Non-Thermal Phase Transitions: From Foundations to Applications 
T2  - Springer Series in Synergetics,
SN  - 9783319124698
AV  - QC174.7-175.36 
U1  - 621 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - physics
KW  - Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
KW  - Statistical physics
KW  - Dynamical systems
KW  - Complexity, Computational
KW  - Physics
KW  - Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity
KW  - Complexity
KW  - Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
N1  - Preface -- Fractals -- Stastistical Physics, Ensemble Theory, Free Energy Potential -- The Ising Model -- The Theory of Percolation -- Damage Phenomena -- Correlations, Susceptibility, and the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem -- The Renormalization Group -- Scaling, the Finite-Size Effect, Cross-Over Effects
N2  - Statistical physics can be used to better understand non-thermal complex systems—phenomena such as stock-market crashes, revolutions in society and in science, fractures in engineered materials and in the Earth’s crust, catastrophes, traffic jams, petroleum clusters, polymerization, self-organized criticality and many others exhibit behaviors resembling those of thermodynamic systems. In particular, many of these systems possess phase transitions identical to critical or spinodal phenomena in statistical physics. The application of the well-developed formalism of statistical physics to non-thermal complex systems may help to predict and prevent such catastrophes as earthquakes, snow-avalanches and landslides, failure of engineering structures, or economical crises. This book addresses the issue step-by-step, from phenomenological analogies between complex systems and statistical physics to more complex aspects, such as correlations, fluctuation-dissipation theorem, susceptibility, the concept of free energy, renormalization group approach and scaling. Fractals and multifractals, the Ising model, percolation, damage phenomena, critical and spinodal phase transitions, crossover effects and finite-size effects are some of the topics covered in Statistical Physics of Non-Thermal Phase Transitions
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12469-8
ER  -