Phase Transitions of Simple Systems

Cover......Page 1
Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 42......Page 2
Phase Transitions\rof Simple Systems......Page 4
ISBN 9783540715139......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
Part I\rThermodynamics of Ensembles\rof Classical Particles......Page 16
1\rExcitations in Simple Atomic Ensembles......Page 17
2\rStructures of Ensembles\rof Interacting Particles......Page 30
3\rThermodynamics of Dense Gases and Liquids......Page 47
4\rClusters with Short-Range Interaction......Page 59
5\rEnsembles of Classical Particles with Repulsion......Page 83
Part II\rConfigurational Excitations\rand Aggregate States of Ensembles\rof Classical Particle......Page 104
6\rConfigurational Excitation and Voids\rin Ensembles of Bound Classical Atoms......Page 105
7\rConfigurational Cluster Excitation\rwith Pairwise Interactions......Page 126
8\rPhase Transitions in Macroscopic Systems\rof Atoms......Page 153
9\rMelting of Clusters\rand Bulk Atomic Ensembles......Page 167
Part III\rDynamics of Configurational Excitations\rin Ensembles of Classical Particles......Page 181
10\rCoexistence of Cluster Phases......Page 182
11\rGlassy States of an Ensemble of Bound Atoms......Page 202
12\rTransport of Voids in Nucleation Processes......Page 219
13\rConclusion and Summary......Page 233
References......Page 235