Books in the Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics series

This book describes the statistical mechanics of classical spin systems with quenched disorder. It is the first book to give a systematic description of the theory of critical phenomena in disordered systems. Ideal for graduate students and researchers in the field of statistical mechanics of disordered systems.

This text is a beginning graduate-level introduction to neural networks, focussing on current theoretical models, examining what these models can reveal about how the brain functions, and discussing the ramifications for psychology, artificial intelligence and the construction of a new generation of intelligent computers.

This 1991 book, based on the 1989 Beg-Rohu summer school, contains six sets of pedagogical lectures by respected researchers on the statistical physics of crystal growth. The course views the phenomena of shape and growth from a fresh vantage point, the lectures cover a variety of developments in the field.

Self-contained, pedagogic introduction to powerful techniques for graduate students and researchers in physics and computer science.

Presents five sets of pedagogical lectures by internationally respected researchers on nonlinear instabilities and the transition to turbulence in hydrodynamics. Together, these lectures provide a thought-provoking overview of current research in this important area.

This 1998 study introduces the physical principles of how and why crystals grow, focusing on growth using molecular beam epitaxy. It covers simple models and basic concepts including diffusion, thermal smoothing of a surface, applications to semiconductors, as well as more complex topics such as kinetic roughness, growth instabilities and elastic effects.

An introduction to nonequilibrium statistical physics via lattice models; for researchers.

A self-contained, comprehensive introduction to momentum-conserving lattice gases, showing how they give rise to isotropic macroscopic hydrodynamics, and how they lead to simple models of fluid phase separation, hydrodynamic interfaces, multiphase flow, and flow through porous media. Many exercises are included.

This book shows how using the concept of geometrical frustration elucidates the structure and properties of non-periodic materials including metals, amorphous solids, liquid crystals, amphiphiles, cholisteric systems, polymers, phospholipid membranes, atomic clusters, and quasicrystals. Appendices give all necessary background on geometry, symmetry and tilings.

This 1991 book, based on the 1989 Beg-Rohu summer school, contains six sets of pedagogical lectures by respected researchers on the statistical physics of crystal growth. The course views the phenomena of shape and growth from a fresh vantage point, the lectures cover a variety of developments in the field.