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World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics - Vol. 3
THE LANDAU THEORY OF PHASE TRANSITIONS
Application to Structural, Incommensurate, Magnetic and Liquid Crystal Systems
by J C Tolédano & P Tolédano
The contents of this book stems from three different objectives. First, it is an introduction to the basic principles and techniques of Landau's theory, which is intended for teaching purposes. A second purpose of the book provides the practical methods for applying Landau's theory to complex systems. The last objective of the book is to incorporate the developments which have arisen in the last fifteen years from the extensive application of the theory to a variety of physical systems.
Contents:
- Intuitive Approach to the Basic Ideas of Landau's Theory
- Formulation of Landau's
Theory
- Continuous Structural Transitions Between Periodic Phases
- First Order Transitions
- Landau Theory of Incommensurate Phases
- The Landau Theory of Magnetic Transitions
- The Landau Theory of Liquid Crystals
- Recent Developments and Field of Validity of Landau's Theory
Readership: Condensed matter physicists.
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Pub. date: Aug 1987 |
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