TY - BOOK ID - 94141688 TI - Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions : Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium AU - Henkel, Malte AU - Pleimling, Michel AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2010 SN - 9789048128693 9789048131655 9789048128686 9789401783729 9048128684 PB - Dordrecht Springer Netherlands DB - UniCat KW - Operational research. Game theory KW - Discrete mathematics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Probability theory KW - Mathematics KW - Mathematical physics KW - Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory KW - Classical mechanics. Field theory KW - Statistical physics KW - Solid state physics KW - Matter physics KW - Physics KW - Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics KW - EMI (electromagnetic interference) KW - materie (fysica) KW - quantummechanica KW - waarschijnlijkheidstheorie KW - grafentheorie KW - theoretische fysica KW - stochastische analyse KW - statistiek KW - simulaties KW - wiskunde KW - fysica KW - kansrekening KW - dynamica KW - Phase transformations (Statistical physics) KW - Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94141688 AB - 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. ER -