| Dewey Class |
530.13 (DDC 23) |
| Title |
Physics of long-range interacting systems ([Ebook]) / A. Campa, T. Dauxois, D. Fanelli, and S. Ruffo |
| Added Personal Name |
Campa, A. |
| Dauxois, Thierry |
| Fanelli, D. |
| Ruffo, Stefano |
| Other name(s) |
Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Publication |
Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press , 2014 |
| Physical Details |
1 online resource |
| ISBN |
9780191787140 |
| Note |
Published in Oxford Scholarship Online : October 2014 |
| Summary Note |
This book deals with an important class of many-body systems: those where the interaction potential decays slowly for large inter-particle distance. In particular, systems where the decay is slower than the inverse inter-particle distance raised to the dimension of the embedding space. Gravitational and Coulomb interactions are the most prominent examples. However, it has become clear that long-range interactions are more common than previously thought. This has stimulated a growing interest in the study of long-range interacting systems, which has led to a much better understanding of the many peculiarities in their behaviour. The seed of all particular features of these systems, both at equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium, is the lack of additivity. It is now well understood that this does not prevent a statistical mechanics treatment. However, it does require a more in-depth study of the thermodynamic limit and of all related theoretical concepts. A satisfactory understanding of properties generally considered as oddities only a couple of decades ago has now been reached: ensemble inequivalence, negative specific heat, negative susceptibility, ergodicity breaking, out-of-equilibrium quasi-stationary-states, anomalous diffusion, etc. The first two parts describe the theoretical and computational instruments needed for addressing the study of both equilibrium and dynamical properties of systems subject to long-range forces. The third part of the book is devoted to discussing the applications of such techniques to the most relevant examples of long-range systems. The only prerequisite is a basic course in statistical mechanics.: |
| Mode of acces to digital resource |
Digital reproduction- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. - Mode of access : World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher), or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). - Available as searchable text in HTML format |
| System details note |
Online Access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users) |
| Internet Site |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199581931.001.0001 |
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