Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions

Zoltán Rácz

Institute for Theoretical Physics     Eötvös University

Lectures:   Monday,   10:00-12:00,   Rm.   A/5.86

Outline (Lecture slides in pdf files):

• I.    Nonequilibrium steady states and their phase transitions

• II.   Where do the power laws come from?

• III. Nonequilibrium quantum phase transitions

• IV. Instabilities and pattern formation

  • App. A:  Patterns from stability analysis
  • App. B:  Amplitude equations
  • App. C:  Patterns in the wake of moving fronts

Notes (Explanatory text in a pdf file):  Nonequilibrium phase transitions

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