Dissipative Phenomena in Condensed Matter : Some Applications /

From the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics, this graduate- and research-level volume treats the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines like condensed matter physics, materials science, metallurgy, chemical physics etc. are dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dattagupta, Sushanta
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Puri, Sanjay
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
Series:Springer series in materials science ; 71.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Diffusion Processes
  • Kinetic Ising Models
  • An Overview of Phase Ordering Dynamics
  • Domain Growth in Systems with Quenched Disorder
  • Surface-Directed Spinodal Decomposition and Surface Enrichment
  • Phase Ordering Dynamics in the Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation
  • Quantum Dissipative Systems
  • Dissipative Two-State Systems
  • Quantum Diffusion
  • Coherence and Decoherence.