The Critical Point

A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

C Domb (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

394 Seiten

2019
CRC Press (Verlag)
9780367401382 (ISBN)

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The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869, Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phases of matter, but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed, other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics

Domb, C

"1. Preface 2. Historical Survey 3. Fluids: Classical Theory 4. Light Scattering and Correlations: Classical Theory 5. The Onsager Revolution 6. Reconciliation 7. Renormalization Group 8. Appendix: Related Topics 9. References 10. Index

Contents

Preface

Foreword: About the Author and the Subject

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Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	730 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-13	9780367401382 / 9780367401382
Zustand	Neuware