Phase transitions and critical phenomena

''Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena'' is a 20-volume series of books, comprising review articles on phase transitions and critical phenomena, published during 1972-2001. It is "considered the most authoritative series on the topic".

Volumes 1-6 were edited by Cyril Domb and Melville S. Green, and after Green's death, volumes 7-20 were edited by Domb and Joel Lebowitz.

Volume 4 was never published. Volume 5 was published in two volumes, as 5A and 5B.

Contents

* Volume 1: ''Exact Results'' (1972)
** 'Introductory Note on Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena', by C.N. Yang.
** 'Rigorous Results and Theorems', by R.B. Griffiths.
** 'Dilute Quantum Systems', by J. Ginibre.
** 'The C*-Algebraic Approach to Phase Transitions', by G.G. Emch.
** 'One-dimensional Models — Short Range Forces', by C.J. Thompson
** 'Two-dimensional Ising Models', by H.N.V. Temperley.
** 'Transformation of Ising Models', by I. Syozi.
** 'Two-dimensional Ferroelectric Models', by E.H. Lieb and Fa Yueh Wu.
* Volume 2: (1972)
** 'Thermodynamics' M.J. Buckingham.
** 'Equilibrium Scaling in Fluids and Magnets', by M. Vicentini-Missoni.
** 'Surface Tension of Fluids', by B. Widom.
** 'Surface and Size Effects in Lattice Models', by P.G. Watson.
** 'Exact Calculations on a Random Ising Systems', by B. McCoy.
** 'Percolation and Cluster Size', by J.W. Essam.
** 'Melting and Statistical Geometry of Simple Liquids', by R. Collins.
** 'Lattice Gas Theories of Melting', by L.K. Runnels.
** 'Closed Form Approximations for Lattice Systems', by D.M. Burley.
** 'Critical Properties of the Spherical Model', by G.S. Joyce.
** 'Kinetics of Ising Models', by K. Kawasaki.
* Volume 3: ''Series Expansions for Lattice Models'' (1974)
** 'Graph Theory and Embeddings', by C. Domb.
** 'Computer Techniques for Evaluating Lattice Constants', by J.L. Martin.
** 'Linked Cluster Expansion' M. Wortis.
** 'Asymptotic Analysis of Coefficients', by A.J. Guttmann and D.S. Gaunt.
** 'Heisenberg Model', by G.S. Rushbrooke, G.A. Baker Jr and P.J. Wood.
** 'Ising Model', by C. Domb.
** 'Classical Vector Models', by H. Eugene Stanley.
** 'D-vector Model or "Universality Hamiltonian": Properties of Isotropically-Interacting D-Dimensional Classical Spins', by H. Eugene Stanley.
** 'X-Y Model', by D.B. Betts.
** 'Ferroelectric Models', by J.F. Nagle.
* Volume 4: (Never published)
* Volume 5a (1976)
** 'Scaling, Universality and Operator Algebras', by L.P. Kadanoff.
** 'Generalized Landau Theories', by M. Luban.
** 'Neutron Scattering and Spatial Correlation near the Critical Point', by J. Als-Nielsen.
** 'Mode Coupling and Critical Dynamics', by K. Kawasaki.
* Volume 5b (1976)
** 'Monte Carlo Investigations of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena', by K. Binder.
** 'System with Weak Long-Range Potentials', by P.C. Hemmer and J.L. Lebowitz.
** 'Correlation Functions and their Generating Functionals: General Relations with Applications to the Theory of Fluids', by G. Stell.
** 'Heisenberg Ferromagnet in the Green's Function Approximation', by R.A. Tahir-Kheli.
** 'Thermal Measurements and Critical Phenomena in Liquids', by A.V. Voronel.
* Volume 6: (1976)
** 'The Renormalization Group — Introduction', by Kenneth G. Wilson.
** 'The Critical State, General Aspects', by F.J. Wegner.
** 'Field Theoretical Approach to Critical Phenomena' E. Brezin, J.C. Le Guillou and J. Zinn-Justin.
** 'The 1/n Expansion', by Shang-Keng Ma.
** 'The ε-Expansion for Exponents and the Equation of State in Isotropic Systems', by D.J. Wallace.
** 'Dependence of Universal Critical Behaviour on Symmetry and Range of Interaction', by A. Aharony.
** 'Renormalization: Theory Ising-like Spin Systems', by Th. Niemeijer and J.M.J. van Leeuwen.
** 'Renormalization Group Approach to Critical Phenomena', by C. Di Castro and G. Jona-Lasinio.
* Volume 7: (1983)
** 'Defect-Mediated Phase Transitions', by D.R. Nelson.
** 'Conformational Phase Transitions in a Macromolecule: Exactly Solvable Models', by F.W. Wiegel.
** 'Dilute Magnetism', by R.B. Stinchcombe.
* Volume 8: (1983)
** 'Critical Behaviour at Surfaces', by K. Binder.
** 'Finite-Size Scaling', by M.N. Barber.
** 'The Dynamics of First Order Phase Transitions', by J.D. Gunton, and P.S. Sahni.
* Volume 9: (1984)
** 'Theory of Tricritical Points', by I.D. Lawrie and S. Sarbach.
** 'Multicritical Points in Fluid Mixtures: Experimental Studies', by C.M. Knobler and R.L. Scott.
** 'Critical Point Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory', by G.A. Baker, Jr.
* Volume 10: (1986)
** 'Surface Structures and Phase Transitions — Exact Results', by D.B. Abraham.
** 'Field-theoretic Approach to Critical Behaviour at Surfaces', by H.W. Diehl.
** 'Renormalization Group Theory of Interfaces', by D. Jasnow.
* Volume 11: (1987)
** 'Coulomb Gas Formulation of Two-Dimensional Phase Transitions', by B. Nienhus.
** 'Conformal Invariance', by J.L. Cardy.
** 'Low-Temperature Properties of Classical Lattice Systems: Phase Transitions and Phase Diagrams', by J. Slawny.
* Volume 12: (1988)
** 'Wetting Phenomena', by S. Dietrich.
** 'The Domain Wall Theory of Two-Dimensional Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transition', by M. P. M. den Nijs.
** 'The Growth of Fractal Aggregates and their Fractal Measures', by P. Meakin.
* Volume 13: (1989)
** 'Asymptotic Analysis of Power-Series Expansions', by A.J. Guttmann.
** 'Dimer Models on Anisotropic Lattices', by S.M. Bhattachargee, S.O. Carlos, J.F. Nagle and C.S.O Yokoi.
* Volume 14: (1991)
** 'Universal Critical-Point Amplitude Relations' V. Privman, P.C. Hohenberg, and A. Aharony.
** 'The Behavior of Interfaces in Ordered and Disordered Systems', by R. Lipowsky, G. Forgacs and Th.M. Nieuwenhuizen.
* Volume 15: (1992)
** 'Spatially Modulated Structures in Systems with Competing Interactions', by W. Selke.
** 'The Large-n Limit in Statistical Mechanics and the Spectral Theory of Disordered Systems', by A.M. Khorunzhy, B.A. Khorzhenko, L.A. Pastur and M.V. Shcherbina.
* Volume 16: (1994)
** 'Self-assembling Amphiphilic Systems', by G. Gompper and M. Shick.
* Volume 17: (1995)
** 'Statistical Mechanics of Driven Diffusive Systems', by B. Schmittmann and R.K.P. Zia.
* Volume 18: (2001)
** 'The Random Geometry of Equilibrium Phases', by O. Häggström, H.O. Georgii, and C. Maes.
** 'Exact Combinatorial Algorithms: Ground States of Disordered Systems', by M.J. Alava, P.M. Duxbury, C.F. Moukarzel and H. Rieger.
* Volume 19: (2001)
** 'Exactly Solvable Models for Many-Body Systems Far from Equilibrium', by G.M. Schütz.
** 'Polymerized Membranes, a Review', by K.J. Wiese.
* Volume 20: (2001) {{ISBN, 0122203208
** Cumulative author, title and subject index including table of contents.

Footnotes

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