Phase transitions in "small" systems

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-126

  Gross, D H E ^a,b   Votyakov, E V ^a,b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

05.20.Gg Classical ensemble theory; 05.50.+q Lattice theory and statistics (Ising, Potts, etc.); 05.7u.Fh Phase transitions: General studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000231273     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011030     Document Type: Article

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