Topics in Disordered Systems

Disordered systems are statistical mechanics models in random environments. This lecture notes volume concerns the equilibrium properties of a few carefully chosen examples of disordered Ising models. The approach is that of probability theory and mathematical physics, but the subject matter is of i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Charles M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser Basel 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
Series:Lectures in Mathematics. ETH Zürich
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 0 Introduction
  • 1 Ground States of Disordered Ferromagnets
  • 2 Ground States of Highly Disordered Systems
  • 3 High Temperature States of Disordered Systems
  • 4 Low Temperature States of Disordered Systems
  • Appendix A: Infinite Geodesice and Measurability
  • Appendix B: Disordered Systems and Metastates