TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henkel,Malte
AU  - Pleimling,Michel
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions: Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium 
T2  - Theoretical and Mathematical Physics,
SN  - 9789048128693
AV  - QC19.2-20.85 
U1  - 530.1 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer Netherlands
KW  - Physics
KW  - Distribution (Probability theory)
KW  - Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
KW  - Condensed Matter Physics
KW  - Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity
KW  - Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
KW  - Numerical and Computational Physics
N2  - 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, dynamical scaling has now been recognised as a cornerstone in the modern understanding of far from equilibrium relaxation. Dynamical scaling is systematically introduced, starting from coarsening phenomena, and existing analytical results and numerical estimates of universal non-equilibrium exponents and scaling functions are reviewed in detail. Ageing phenomena in glasses, as well as in simple magnets, are paradigmatic examples of non-equilibrium dynamical scaling, but may also be found in irreversible systems of chemical reactions. Recent theoretical work sought to understand if dynamical scaling may be just a part of a larger symmetry, called local scale-invariance. Initially, this was motivated by certain analogies with the conformal invariance of equilibrium phase transitions; this work has recently reached a degree of completion and the research is presented, systematically and in detail, in book form for the first time. Numerous worked-out exercises are included. Quite similar ideas apply to the phase transitions of equilibrium systems with competing interactions and interesting physical realisations, for example in Lifshitz points
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