Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena is a 20-volume series of books, comprising review articles on phase transitions and critical phenomena, published during 1972-2001. It is "considered the most authoritative series on the topic".
Volumes 1-6 were edited by Cyril Domb and Melville S. Green, and after Green's death, volumes 7-20 were edited by Domb and Joel Lebowitz.
Volume 4 was never published. Volume 5 was published in two volumes, as 5A and 5B.
Contents
- Volume 1: Exact Results
- * 'Introductory Note on Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena', by C.N. Yang.
- * 'Rigorous Results and Theorems', by R.B. Griffiths.
- * 'Dilute Quantum Systems', by J. Ginibre.
- * 'The C*-Algebraic Approach to Phase Transitions', by G.G. Emch.
- * 'One-dimensional Models — Short Range Forces', by C.J. Thompson
- * 'Two-dimensional Ising Models', by H.N.V. Temperley.
- * 'Transformation of Ising Models', by I. Syozi.
- * 'Two-dimensional Ferroelectric Models', by E.H. Lieb and Fa Yueh Wu.
- Volume 2:
- * 'Thermodynamics' M.J. Buckingham.
- * 'Equilibrium Scaling in Fluids and Magnets', by M. Vicentini-Missoni.
- * 'Surface Tension of Fluids', by B. Widom.
- * 'Surface and Size Effects in Lattice Models', by P.G. Watson.
- * 'Exact Calculations on a Random Ising Systems', by B. McCoy.
- * 'Percolation and Cluster Size', by J.W. Essam.
- * 'Melting and Statistical Geometry of Simple Liquids', by R. Collins.
- * 'Lattice Gas Theories of Melting', by L.K. Runnels.
- * 'Closed Form Approximations for Lattice Systems', by D.M. Burley.
- * 'Critical Properties of the Spherical Model', by G.S. Joyce.
- * 'Kinetics of Ising Models', by K. Kawasaki.
- Volume 3: Series Expansions for Lattice Models
- * 'Graph Theory and Embeddings', by C. Domb.
- * 'Computer Techniques for Evaluating Lattice Constants', by J.L. Martin.
- * 'Linked Cluster Expansion' M. Wortis.
- * 'Asymptotic Analysis of Coefficients', by A.J. Guttmann and D.S. Gaunt.
- * 'Heisenberg Model', by G.S. Rushbrooke, G.A. Baker Jr and P.J. Wood.
- * 'Ising Model', by C. Domb.
- * 'Classical Vector Models', by H. Eugene Stanley.
- * 'D-vector Model or "Universality Hamiltonian": Properties of Isotropically-Interacting D-Dimensional Classical Spins', by H. Eugene Stanley.
- * 'X-Y Model', by D.B. Betts.
- * 'Ferroelectric Models', by J.F. Nagle.
- Volume 4:
- Volume 5a
- * 'Scaling, Universality and Operator Algebras', by L.P. Kadanoff.
- * 'Generalized Landau Theories', by M. Luban.
- * 'Neutron Scattering and Spatial Correlation near the Critical Point', by J. Als-Nielsen.
- * 'Mode Coupling and Critical Dynamics', by K. Kawasaki.
- Volume 5b
- * 'Monte Carlo Investigations of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena', by K. Binder.
- * 'System with Weak Long-Range Potentials', by P.C. Hemmer and J.L. Lebowitz.
- * 'Correlation Functions and their Generating Functionals: General Relations with Applications to the Theory of Fluids', by G. Stell.
- * 'Heisenberg Ferromagnet in the Green's Function Approximation', by R.A. Tahir-Kheli.
- * 'Thermal Measurements and Critical Phenomena in Liquids', by A.V. Voronel.
- Volume 6:
- * 'The Renormalization Group — Introduction', by Kenneth G. Wilson.
- * 'The Critical State, General Aspects', by F.J. Wegner.
- * 'Field Theoretical Approach to Critical Phenomena' E. Brezin, J.C. Le Guillou and J. Zinn-Justin.
- * 'The 1/n Expansion', by Shang-Keng Ma.
- * 'The ε-Expansion for Exponents and the Equation of State in Isotropic Systems', by D.J. Wallace.
- * 'Dependence of Universal Critical Behaviour on Symmetry and Range of Interaction', by V. Privman, P.C. Hoheberg, and A. Aharony.
- * 'Renormalization: Theory Ising-like Spin Systems', by Th. Niemeijer and J.M.J. van Leeuwen.
- * 'Renormalization Group Approach to Critical Phenomena', by C. Di Castro and G. Jona-Lasinio.
- Volume 7:
- * 'Defect-Mediated Phase Transitions', by D.R. Nelson.
- * 'Conformational Phase Transitions in a Macromolecule: Exactly Solvable Models', by F.W. Wiegel.
- * 'Dilute Magnetism', by R.B. Stinchcombe.
- Volume 8:
- * 'Critical Behaviour at Surfaces', by K. Binder.
- * 'Finite-Size Scaling', by M.N. Barber.
- * 'The Dynamics of First Order Phase Transitions', by J.D. Gunton, and P.S. Sahni.
- Volume 9:
- * 'Theory of Tricritical Points', by I.D. Lawrie and S. Sarbach.
- * 'Multicritical Points in Fluid Mixtures: Experimental Studies', by C.M. Knobler and R.L. Scott.
- * 'Critical Point Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory', by G.A. Baker, Jr.
- Volume 10:
- * 'Surface Structures and Phase Transitions — Exact Results', by D.B. Abraham.
- * 'Field-theoretic Approach to Critical Behaviour at Surfaces', by H.W. Diehl.
- * 'Renormalization Group Theory of Interfaces', by D. Jasnow.
- Volume 11:
- * 'Coulomb Gas Formulation of Two-Dimensional Phase Transitions', by B. Nienhus.
- * 'Conformal Invariance', by J.L. Cardy.
- * 'Low-Temperature Properties of Classical Lattice Systems: Phase Transitions and Phase Diagrams', by J. Slawny.
- Volume 12:
- * 'Wetting Phenomena', by S. Dietrich.
- * 'The Domain Wall Theory of Two-Dimensional Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transition', by M. P. M. den Nijs.
- * 'The Growth of Fractal Aggregates and their Fractal Measures', by P. Meakin.
- Volume 13:
- * 'Asymptotic Analysis of Power-Series Expansions', by A.J. Guttmann.
- * 'Dimer Models on Anisotropic Lattices', by S.M. Bhattachargee, S.O. Carlos, J.F. Nagle and C.S.O Yokoi.
- Volume 14:
- * 'Universal Critical-Point Amplitude Relations' V. Privman, P.C. Hohenberg, and A. Aharony.
- * 'The Behavior of Interfaces in Ordered and Disordered Systems', by R. Lipowsky, G. Forgacs and Th.M. Nieuwenhuizen.
- Volume 15:
- * 'Spatially Modulated Structures in Systems with Competing Interactions', by W. Selke.
- * 'The Large-n Limit in Statistical Mechanics and the Spectral Theory of Disordered Systems', by A.M. Khorunzhy, B.A. Khorzhenko, L.A. Pastur and M.V. Shcherbina.
- Volume 16:
- * 'Self-assembling Amphiphilic Systems', by G. Gompper and M. Shick.
- Volume 17:
- * 'Statistical Mechanics of Driven Diffusive Systems', by B. Schmittmann and R.K.P. Zia.
- Volume 18:
- * 'The Random Geometry of Equilibrium Phases', by O. Häggström, H.O. Georgii, and C. Maes.
- * 'Exact Combinatorial Algorithms: Ground States of Disordered Systems', by M.J. Alava, P.M. Duxbury, C.F. Moukarzel and H. Rieger.
- Volume 19:
- * 'Exactly Solvable Models for Many-Body Systems Far from Equilibrium', by G.M. Schütz.
- * 'Polymerized Membranes, a Review', by K.J. Wiese.
- Volume 20:
- * Cumulative author, title and subject index including table of contents.
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