Originally published in 1979, this book discusses how the physical and chemical properties of disordered systems such as liquids, glasses, alloys, amorphous semiconductors, polymer solutions and magnetic materials can be explained by theories based on a variety of mathematical models, including rand
The Physics of Disordered Systems
โ Scribed by Menon, Gautam I.; Ray, Purusattam
- Publisher
- Hindustan Book Agency : Imprint: Hindustan Book Agency
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 185
- Series
- Texts and Readings in Physical Sciences 11
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Disordered systems are ubiquitous in nature and their study remains a profound and challenging subject of current research. Ideas and methods from the physics of Disordered systems have been fruitfully applied to several fields ranging from computer science to neuroscience. This book contains a selection of lectures delivered at the 'SERC School on Disordered Systems', spanning topics from classic results to Read more...
Abstract: Disordered systems are ubiquitous in nature and their study remains a profound and challenging subject of current research. Ideas and methods from the physics of Disordered systems have been fruitfully applied to several fields ranging from computer science to neuroscience. This book contains a selection of lectures delivered at the 'SERC School on Disordered Systems', spanning topics from classic results to frontier areas of research in this field. Spin glasses, disordered Ising models, quantum disordered systems, structural glasses, dilute magnets, interfaces in random field systems and disordered vortex systems are among the topics discussed in the text, in chapters authored by active researchers in the field, including Bikas Chakrabarti, Arnab Das, Deepak Kumar, Gautam Menon, G. Ravikumar, Purusattam Ray, Srikanth Sastry and Prabodh Shukla. This book provides a gentle and comprehensive introduction to the physics of disordered systems and is aimed at graduate students and young scientists either working in or intending to enter this exciting field. It should also serve as a general reference for students and practicing researchers alike
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter ....Pages N1-xi
Introduction to the Physics of Disordered Systems (Gautam I. Menon, Purusattam Ray)....Pages 1-48
Phase Transitions in Disordered Quantum Systems: Transverse Ising Models (Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Arnab Das)....Pages 49-84
The Physics of Structural Glasses (Srikanth Sastry)....Pages 85-119
Dilute Magnets (Deepak Kumar)....Pages 121-140
Domains and Interfaces in Random Fields (Prabodh Shukla)....Pages 141-158
Vortex Glasses (G. Ravikumar)....Pages 159-171
Back Matter ....Pages 173-175
โฆ Subjects
Physics
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