Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Sca
This book is Volume 2 of a two-volume set describing two main classes of non-equilibrium phase-transitions. This volume covers dynamical scaling in far-from-equilibrium relaxation behaviour and ageing. Motivated initially by experimental results, dynamica
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Editorial Board W. Beiglböck, Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Heidelberg, Germany J.-P. Eckmann, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland H. Grosse, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna, Austria M. Loss, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA S. Smirnov, Mathematics Section, University of Geneva, Switzerland L. Takhtajan, Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University, NY, USA J. Yngvason, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
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Malte Henkel • Michel Pleimling
Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium
Malte Henkel Groupe de Physique Statistique Département de Physique de la Matière et des Matériaux Institut Jean Lamour Nancy - Université B.P. 70239 F - 54506 Vandœuvre lès Nancy Cedex France
Michel Pleimling Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Physics Department Robeson Hall (0435) Blacksburg, VA 24061 United States
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Preface
“The importance of knowledge consists not only in its direct practical utility but also in the fact the it promotes a widely contemplative habit of mind; on this ground, utility is to be found in much of the knowledge that is nowadays labelled ‘useless’.” Bertrand Russel, In Praise of Idleness, London (1935) “Why are scientists in so many cases so deeply interested in their work ? Is it merely because it is useful ? It is only necessary to talk to such scientists to discover that the utilitarian possibilities of their work are generally of secondary interest to them. Something else is primary.” David Bohm, On creativity, Abingdon (1996) In this volume, the dynamical critical behaviour of many-body systems far from equilibrium is discussed. Therefore, the intrinsic properties of the dynamics itself, rather than those of the stationary state, are in the focus of interest.1 Characteristically, far-from-equilibrium systems often display dynamical s
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