本书是一本纯英文版的相变动力学著作。本书是一本纯英文版的相变动力学著作。

Preface
Part one:Statics
1 Spin systems and fluids
1.1 Spin models
1.2 One-component fluids
1.3 Binary fluid mixture
Appendix 1A Correlations with the stress tensor
References
2 Critical phenomena and scaling
2.1 General aspects
2.2 Critical phenomena in one-component fluied
2.3 critical phenomena in binary fluid mixtures
2.4 4He near the superfluid transition
Appendix 2A Calculation in non-azeotropic cases
References
3 Mean field theories
3.1 Landau theory
3.2 Tricritcal behavior
3.3 Bragg-Williams approximation
3.4 van der Waals theory
3.5 Mean field theories for polymers and gels
Appendix 3A Finite-strain theory
References
4 Advanced theories in statics
4.1 Gizburg-Landau-Wilson free energy
4.2 Mapping onto fluids
4.3 Static renormalization group theory
4.4 Two-Phase Coexistence and surface tension
4.5 Vortices in systems with a comples order parameter
Appendix 4A Calculation of the critical exponent
Appendix 4B Random phase approximation for polymers
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5 Dynamic models
6 Dynamics in fluids
7 Dynamics in polymers and gels
8 Phase ordering and defect dynamics
9 Nucleation
10 Phase transiton dynamics in solids
11 Phase transition of fluids in shear flow
Index

相变动力学是统计物理和凝聚态物理的一个重要分支，具有重要的基础意义与应用价值。本书是一本系统介绍相变动力学的专著，其内容涉及物理、化学、冶金及高分子科学中的许多问题，介绍了临界动力学，相有序化，缺陷动力学，成核动力学，斑图动力学，超临界流体动力学，临界点附近的沸腾，固体结构相变中的介观动力学等问题，对Ginzburg-Landau理论及重正化群理论也作了系统的介绍，并系统地应用。

本书为英文版。