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Author:   Kostya Trachenko (Queen Mary University of London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781009355476

ISBN 10:   1009355473
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   17 August 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Experimental heat capacity; 3. Excitations in solids and gases; 4. Energy and heat capacity of solids; 5. First-principles description of liquids: exponential complexity; 6. Liquid energy and heat capacity from interactions and correlation functions; 7. Frenkel theory and Frenkel book; 8. Collective excitations in liquids post-Frenkel; 9. Molecular dynamics simulations; 10. Liquid energy and heat capacity in the liquid theory based on collective excitations; 11. Quantum liquids: excitations and thermodynamic properties; 12. Sui Generis; 13. Connection between phonons and liquid thermodynamics: a historical survey; 14. The supercritical state; 15. Minimal quantum viscosity from fundamental physical constants; 16. Viscous liquids; 17. A short note on theory; 18. Excitations and thermodynamics in other disordered media: spin waves and spin glass systems; 19. Evolution of excitations in strongly-coupled systems; References; Index.

Reviews

'I was searching for a better description of liquids when I encountered Professor Trachenko's work, and immediately recognized its elegance and power. I truly enjoyed reading his book: his lucid explanations and critical insights on Frenkel's work and his objective assessment of the deficiencies of other approaches. This book not only revitalizes Frenkel's theory but elevates it to new heights. Professor Trachenko's book lays the foundations for more advances to come.' Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 'Over the past decade there have been enormous advances in our understanding of liquids and supercritical fluids due to new theoretical proposals, the rediscovery of old theoretical proposals, and new experimental findings. This text provides a single comprehensive and cohesive account of these developments, placing them in the context of our mature understanding of the solid and gas states. There is a focus throughout on how we can understand the properties of real liquids - viscosity, heat capacity etc. - that determine their behaviour in everyday life and in planetary interiors. Reading it has made me appreciate just how urgently such a text was required. It will certainly become a key text in my collection and, I am sure, in the collection of other scientists with an interest in the nature of the basic states of matter.' John Proctor, University of Salford

Author Information

Kostya Trachenko is Professor at Queen Mary University of London working in condensed matter physics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and held a Research Fellowship in Darwin College, Cambridge, and an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship. His work was awarded the CCP5 Prize and was one of the top ten Physics World Breakthroughs in 2020.

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