Phase transitions and configuration space topology

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-187

  Kastner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOLOGY;

CANONICAL FREE ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPACE TOPOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 38049174474     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: 15390756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.80.167     Document Type: Article

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