Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Nonequilibrium phase transitions are discussed with emphasis on general features such as the role of detailed balance violation in generating effective (long-range) interactions, the importance of dynamical anisotropies, the connection between various mechanisms generating power-law correlations, and the emergence of universal distribution functions for macroscopic quantities. Quantum spin chains are also discussed in order to demonstrate how to construct steady-states carrying fluxes in quantum systems, and to explain how the fluxes may generate power-law correlations.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0210435,
title = {Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions},
author = {Zoltan Racz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0210435},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Lecture Notes, Les Houches, July 2002, 43 pages, 11 figures