Scaling Limits in Statistical Mechanics and Microstructures in Continuum Mechanics

by Errico Presutti

Book Overview

Statistical Mechanics of Ising systems.- Thermodynamic limit in the Ising model.- The phase diagram of Ising systems.- Mean field, Kac potentials and the Lebowitz-Penrose limit.- Stochastic Dynamics.- Mesoscopic Theory, non-local functionals.- Non-local, free energy functionals.- Surface tension, Gamma convergence, Wulff shape.- One dimensional interfaces.- Phase transitions in systems with Kac potentials.- Ising systems with Kac potentials.- The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642092365
• ISBN13: 9783642092367
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"