Methods of Contemporary Mathematical Statistical Physics

• Main Authors: Biskup, Marek. (Author), Bovier, Anton. (Author), Hollander, Frank. (Author), Ioffe, Dima. (Author), Martinelli, Fabio. (Author), Netocn<U+00fd>, Karel. (Author), Toninelli, Christina. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Koteck<U+00fd>, Roman. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1970
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Distribution (Probability theory).; Mathematical physics.; Statistics.; Mechanical engineering.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Structural Mechanics.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92796-9

This volume presents a collection of courses introducing the reader to the recent progress with attention being paid to laying solid grounds and developing various basic tools. An introductory chapter on lattice spin models is useful as a background for other lectures of the collection. The topics i...

Table of Contents:

• Reflection Positivity and Phase Transitions in Lattice Spin Models
• Stochastic Geometry of Classical and Quantum Ising Models
• Localization Transition in Disordered Pinning Models
• Metastability
• Three Lectures on Metastability Under Stochastic Dynamics
• A Selection of Nonequilibrium Issues
• Facilitated Spin Models: Recent and new Results.