Resource letter CPPPT-1: Critical point phenomena and phase transitions

1 March 2001

journal article
Published by American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in American Journal of Physics

Vol. 69 (3) , 255-263
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1333102

Abstract

This Resource Letter provides a guide to the literature on critical point phenomena and phase transitions. Journal articles and books are cited for the following topics: continuous phase transitions, critical points, model systems with special attention to the Ising model and the Kosterlitz–Thouless transition, mean-field theory, computer simulation methods, scaling, universality, and the renormalization group.

Keywords

PHASE TRANSITION
COMPUTER SIMULATION
LATTICE THEORY
SPECIFIC HEAT
ISING MODEL
RENORMALIZATION GROUP
MEAN FIELD THEORY
CRITICAL POINT

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