Landau and Theory of Phase Transitions

COFFEE_KLATCH  · Invited

Abstract

Landau's theory of phase transitions is probably his most general and most influential work. I describe history of its creation, its basic ideas and their developments and extensions and its deep influence on modern science.

*The DOE support through the grant DE-FG02-06ER46278 is acknowledged.

Authors

  • Valery Pokrovsky

    • Texas A\&M University