The Theory of Critical Phenomena
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
scientific theory
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
binary mixtures
ferromagnets liquid-gas transitions superfluid transitions |
| gptkbp:describes |
behavior of systems near phase transitions
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| gptkbp:developedBy |
gptkb:Lev_Landau
gptkb:Leo_Kadanoff gptkb:Kenneth_Wilson |
| gptkbp:explains |
universality
critical exponents scaling laws divergence of correlation length |
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
physics |
| gptkbp:focusesOn |
critical points
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Theory of Critical Phenomena
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
condensed matter physics |
| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:Kenneth_Wilson's_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics_1982
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Ising_model
fluctuations critical temperature order parameter phase transition universality class |
| gptkbp:uses |
gptkb:mean_field_theory
renormalization group scaling hypothesis |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:International_Series_of_Monographs_on_Physics
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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