Statistical physics

The description of emerging collective phenomena and self-organization in systems composed of large numbers of individuals has gained increasing interest from various research communities in biology, ecology, robotics and control theory, as well as sociology and economics.

In these proceedings, it is shown that thermodynamical concepts are not 'old fashioned' but still are most useful at the frontiers of modern science.

This concise guide provides the first complete overview of renewable energy technologies in Cuba and their current capabilities and prospects.

Overview of systems of frequency distributions, their properties, applications to the fields of water resources and environmental engineering.

An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering.

Flocks of birds, schools of fish and swarms of locusts display amazing forms of collective motion, while huge numbers of glow worms can emit light signals with almost unbelievable synchronization.

This book is a collection of reviews and essays about the recent wide-ranging developments in the areas of quantum physics.

This brief book introduces the Poisson-Boltzmann equation in three chapters that build upon one another, offering a systematic entry to advanced students and researchers.

Computational complexity is one of the most beautiful fields of modern mathematics, and it is increasingly relevant to other sciences ranging from physics to biology.

All measurements are subject to error because no quantity can be known exactly; hence, any measurement has a probability of lying within a certain range.

Translation of an influential book on exactly solvable models of many-body physics for graduate students and researchers in physics.

Once again faithful to its goal of making string theory accessible to undergraduates - and now also covers AdS/CFT correspondence.

This book is the fifth volume of papers on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena, the first four volumes appeared in 2004, 2007, 2012, and 2015.

This book deals with the analysis of the structure of complex networks by combining results from graph theory, physics, and pattern recognition.

Delivers a clear and concise exposition of key topics in statistical physics, accompanied by detailed derivations and practice problems.

Rigorous and comprehensive, this textbook introduces undergraduate students to simulation methods in statistical physics.

Authored by a well-known expert in the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics, this book is a coherent presentation of the subject suitable for masters and PhD students, as well as postdocs in physics and related disciplines.

This book illustrates the development of Brownian ratchets, from their foundations to their role in molecular-scale life and in artificial nano-machinery.

Recent experimental evidence about the possibility of "e;absolute negative temperature"e; states in physical systems has triggered a stimulating debate about the consistency of such a concept from the point of view of Statistical Mechanics.

This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible applications of statistical physics tools.

The book explores several open questions in the philosophy and the foundations of statistical mechanics.

A valuable reference on the classical problem of gravitational physics for researchers in general relativity, mathematical physics, and astrophysics.

A look at Statistical Physics by renowned Russia-Soviet physicist Yuri Klimontovich of the Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Physics.

Cryogenic engineering (cryogenics) is the production, preservation, and use or application of cold.

This book presents a study of phase field modelling of solidification in metal alloy systems.

This monograph examines the domain of classical political economy using the methodologies developed in recent years both by the new discipline of econo-physics and by computing science.

This textbook provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, introduction to statistical mechanics.

Presenting and developing the theory of spin glasses for mathematical physicists and probabilists working in disordered systems.

Multilayer networks is a rising topic in Network Science which characterizes the structure and the function of complex systems formed by several interacting networks.

This is the first book to cover the theory of noise sensitivity of Boolean functions with particular emphasis on critical percolation.

This edited volume collects six surveys that present state-of-the-art results on modeling, qualitative analysis, and simulation of active matter, focusing on specific applications in the natural sciences.

Mathematical Physics for Nuclear Experiments presents an accessible introduction to the mathematical derivations of key equations used in describing and analysing results of typical nuclear physics experiments.

A look at Statistical Physics by renowned Russia-Soviet physicist Yuri Klimontovich of the Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Physics.

The first textbook on this important topic, for graduate students and researchers in particle and condensed matter physics.

The Conference on Statistical Physics, High Energy, Condensed Matter and Mathematical Physics was held in honor of Professor Chen-Ning Yang's 85th birthday in Singapore in Oct-Nov 2007.

A collection of solved problems corresponding to topics in undergraduate and graduate Quantum Mechanics courses.

This book aims to describe in simple terms the new area of statistical mechanics known as spin-glasses, encompassing systems in which quenched disorder is the dominant factor.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence increasingly use methodological tools rooted in statistical physics.

Presents concepts of chaotic systems for researchers and graduate students in statistical mechanics and chaos.

This book is a rewritten and annotated version of Leo P.

Culture, in fact, also plays an important role in science which is, per se, a multitude of different cultures.

Introduction to stochastic processes and their applications, and methods for numerical simulation, for graduate students and researchers in physics.

This book is the sixth volume of reviews on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena, with the first five volumes appearing in 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, and 2018.

Modern thermodynamics is a unique but still not a logically self-consistent field of knowledge.

Statistical Models for Nuclear Decay: From Evaporation to Vaporization describes statistical models that are applied to the decay of atomic nuclei, emphasizing highly excited nuclei usually produced using heavy ion collisions.

Canonical quantisation and loop quantum gravity theory for graduate students of quantum field theory.

An overview of classical solutions and their consequences in quantum field theory, high energy physics and cosmology for graduates and researchers.