Mathematical Statistical Physics - Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2005

The proceedings of the 2005 les Houches summer school on Mathematical Statistical Physics give and broad and clear overview on this fast developing area of interest to both physicists and mathematicians.

List of contents

Informal Seminars
Random Matrices and Determinantal Processes
Some Recent Aspects of Random Conformally Invariant Systems
Conformal Random Geometry
Random Motions in Random Media
An Introduction to Mean Field Spin Glas Theory: Methods and Results
Short-Range Spin Glasses: Selected Open Problems
Computing the Number of Metastable States in Infinite-Range Models
Dynamics of Trap Models
Quantum Entropy and Quantum Information
Two Lectures on Iterative Coding and Statistical Mechanics
Evolution in Fluctuating Populations
Multi-Scale Analysis of Population Models
Elements of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Aspects of the Abelian Sandpile Model
Gibbsianness and Non-Gibbsianness in Lattice Random Fields
Simulation of Statistical Mechanics Models

About the author

Jean Dalibard works in the field of atomic physics and quantum optics. His recent activities is centered on the physics of cold quantum gases, in particular Bose-Einstein condensation.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anton Bovier (Editor), Jean Dalibard (Editor), Frank den Hollander (Editor), François Dunlop (Editor), Aernout Van Enter (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2006
• EAN: 9780444528131
• ISBN: 978-0-444-52813-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 42 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 1440 g
• Series: Les Houches
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Thermodynamics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics