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Statistical Mechanics of Phase Transitions J. M. Yeomans
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Illustrated by one hundred exercises corrected, this course presents the basic assumptions and the mathematical framework of statistical physics. Applied probability theory, mathematical statistical mechanics. The application deadline is June 12th, 2013. The workshop on Computation and Phase Transitions brings together researchers from Statistical Physics, Probability, Discrete Mathematics, and Theoretical Computer Science. The crucial claim is that phase transitions are qualitative changes that cannot be reduced to fit the more fundamental explanatory principles of statistical mechanics. The positions are funded by the ERC starting grant “Phase transitions and computational complexity”. It has led to a number of surprising results in the application of thermodynamic concepts to small systems, with many contributions by workers in statistical mechanics. Mathematical statistical mechanics. Interacting particle systems, nonequilibrium phase transitions, hydrodynamic limits. For further discussion of these results The exact solutions of the two dimensional Ising model and the solutions of Lieb on two dimensional ice and ferroelectrics and of Baxter on the eight vertex model showed that phase transitions to an ordered phase could occur in two dimensions. This classic text, first published in 1972, is designed for graduate physics courses in statistical mechanics. Much of condensed matter and statistical physics is concerned with the explanation of phase transitions between different forms of matter.