MESOSCOPIC PHASE FLUCTUATIONS: GENERAL PHENOMENON IN CONDENSED MATTER
Vyacheslav I. Yukalov
General conditions for the occurrence of mesoscopic phase fluctuations in condensed matter are considered. The description of different thermodynamic phases, which coexist as a mixture of mesoscopically separated regions, is based on the theory of heterophase fluctuations. The spaces of states, typical of the related phases, are characterized by weighted Hilbert spaces. Several models illustrate the main features of heterophase condensed matter.
arXiv:cond-mat/0308127•International Journal of Modern Physics B•May 10, 2003•38 citations