Phase Transitions of Simple Systems

• Main Authors: Berry, Stephen (Author), Smirnov, Boris (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 42
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physical chemistry.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Atoms.; Physics.; Matter.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Physical Chemistry.

This monograph develops a unified microscopic basis for phases and phase changes of bulk matter and small systems in terms of classical physics. The origins of such phase changes are derived from simple but physically relevant models of how transitions between rigid crystalline, glassy and fluid sta...