English

Critical phenomena: 150 years since Cagniard de la Tour

History and Philosophy of Physics 2014-10-28 v1 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Critical phenomena were discovered by Cagniard de la Tour in 1822, who died 150 years ago. In order to mark this anniversary, the context and the early history of his discovery is reviewed. We then follow with a brief sketch of the history of critical phenomena, indicating the main lines of development until the present date. Os fen\'omenos cr\'{\i}ticos foram descobertos pelo Cagniard de la Tour em Paris em 1822. Para comemorar os 150 anos da sua morte, o contexto e a hist\'oria initial da sua descoberta \'e contada. Conseguimos com uma descri\c{c}\~ao breve da hist\'oria dos fen\'emenos cr\'{\i}ticos, indicando as linhas principais do desenvolvimento at\'e o presente.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0905.1886,
  title  = {Critical phenomena: 150 years since Cagniard de la Tour},
  author = {Bertrand Berche and Malte Henkel and Ralph Kenna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1886},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Latex2e, 8 pp, 3 eps figures included

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