Introduction / 1: |
Problems |
Survey of Equilibrium Critical Phenomena / 2: |
Phase Transitions in Equilibrium Systems / 2.1: |
Notations / 2.1.1: |
Phase Transitions in Ferromagnetic Systems / 2.1.2: |
Power-law Scaling / 2.1.3: |
Scale-Invariance and Universality / 2.2: |
Scale-Invariance / 2.2.1: |
Scaling Functions and Data Collapses / 2.2.2: |
Universality Classes / 2.2.3: |
Experimental Evidence of Universality / 2.2.4: |
Mean-Field and Renormalisation Group Methods / 2.3: |
Mean-Field Theory of Ferromagnetic Systems / 2.3.1: |
Universal Amplitude Ratios / 2.3.2: |
Remarks on Renormalisation-Group Theory / 2.3.3: |
Scaling Laws Induced by Renormalisation-Group Theory / 2.3.4: |
Field-Theory and ?-Expansion / 2.3.5: |
Surface Critical Phenomena / 2.3.6: |
Finite-Size Scaling / 2.3.7: |
Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem / 2.4: |
From Scale-Invariance to Conformal Invariance / 2.5: |
Directed Percolation / 3: |
Directed Percolation at First Glance / 3.1: |
Directed Percolation as a Stochastic Process / 3.2: |
Basic Scaling Behaviour / 3.2.1: |
Universality and the DP Conjecture / 3.2.2: |
Simple Mean-Field Approximation / 3.2.3: |
Phenomenological Langevin Equation / 3.2.4: |
Update Schemes and Evolution Equations / 3.2.5: |
Lattice Models of Directed Percolation / 3.3: |
Domany-Kinzel Automaton / 3.3.1: |
Contact Process / 3.3.2: |
Pair-Contact Process / 3.3.3: |
Threshold Transfer Process / 3.3.4: |
Ziff-Gulari-Barshad Model / 3.3.5: |
Further Non-equilibrium Phenomena Related to DP / 3.3.6: |
Experiments Related to Directed Percolation / 3.4: |
Experiments Resembling DP Dynamics / 3.4.1: |
Growth Processes Related to DP / 3.4.2: |
Intermittent Turbulence / 3.4.3: |
Discussion / 3.4.4: |
Scaling Properties of Absorbing Phase Transitions / 4: |
Scaling in the Steady-State / 4.1: |
Order Parameters / 4.1.1: |
Rapidity-Reversal Symmetry of Directed Percolation / 4.1.2: |
Two-Point Correlation Function in the Steady-State / 4.1.3: |
Empty-Interval Probabilities in the Steady-State / 4.1.6: |
The External Field h / 4.1.7: |
Fluctuations of the Order-Parameter in the Steady-State / 4.1.8: |
Finite-Size Scaling in the Steady-State / 4.1.9: |
Dynamical Scaling Behaviour / 4.2: |
Homogeneously Active Initial State / 4.2.1: |
Pair-Connectedness Function, I / 4.2.2: |
Spreading Profile at Criticality / 4.2.3: |
Clusters Generated from a Single Seed / 4.2.4: |
Properties of Clusters in the Absorbing Phase / 4.2.5: |
Pair-Connectedness Function, II / 4.2.6: |
Response Function / 4.2.7: |
Early-Time Behaviour and Critical Initial Slip / 4.2.8: |
Fractal Initial Conditions / 4.2.9: |
Influence of an External Field / 4.2.10: |
Universality of Finite-Size Amplitudes / 4.2.11: |
Methods of Analysis / 4.3: |
Exact Diagonalisation / 4.3.1: |
Yang-Lee and Fisher Zeros / 4.3.2: |
Series Expansion / 4.3.3: |
Field-Theoretical Methods / 4.3.4: |
Methods for Exact Solution / 4.3.5: |
Monte Carlo Simulations / 4.3.6: |
Universal Moment Ratios / 4.3.7: |
Density-Matrix Renormalisation-Group Methods / 4.3.8: |
Other Critical Properties / 4.4: |
Surface Critical Behaviour / 4.4.1: |
Persistence Exponents / 4.4.2: |
Universality Classes Different from Directed Percolation / 5: |
Parity-Conserving Universality Class / 5.1: |
Voter Universality Class / 5.2: |
The Classical Voter Model / 5.2.1: |
Voter-Type Phase Transitions / 5.2.2: |
Compact Directed Percolation / 5.3: |
Tricritical Directed Percolation / 5.4: |
Mean-Field Approximation of TDP / 5.4.1: |
Numerical Simulations of TDP / 5.4.2: |
Dynamical Percolation / 5.5: |
Long-Range Interactions / 5.6: |
DP with Spatial Lévy Flights / 5.6.1: |
DP with Temporal Long-Range Interactions / 5.6.2: |
Other Models with Long-Range Interactions by Levy Flights / 5.6.3: |
Simulating Models with Long-Range Interactions / 5.6.4: |
Manna Universality Class / 5.7: |
Manna Model / 5.7.1: |
Conserved Threshold Transfer Process (CTTP) / 5.7.2: |
Conserved Lattice Gas (CLG) and Other Reaction-Diffusion Processes / 5.7.3: |
Scaling Properties / 5.7.4: |
Relationship Between Absorbing Phase Transitions and Self-Organised Criticality (SOC) / 5.7.5: |
Absorbing Phase Transitions and SOC: Mean-Field Approximation / 5.7.6: |
Relating Critical Exponents of SOC and Absorbing Phase Transitions / 5.7.7: |
Pair-Contact Process with Diffusion / 5.8: |
First-Order Phase Transitions / 5.9: |
Stabilisation by Elimination of Minority Islands / 5.9.1: |
First-Order Transitions in One Spatial Dimension / 5.9.2: |
Impossibility of Discontinuous Phase Transitions in Fluctuating One-Dimensional Systems / 5.9.3: |
Phase Coexistence and Hysteresis Cycles / 5.9.4: |
Crossover Phenomena / 5.10: |
Crossover from DP to TDP / 5.10.1: |
Crossover from DP to CDP / 5.10.2: |
Crossover to Mean-Field Scaling Behaviour / 5.10.3: |
Quenched Disorder / 5.11: |
Temporally Quenched Disorder / 5.11.1: |
Spatially Quenched Disorder / 5.11.2: |
Attempts of Classification / 5.12: |
Some Open Questions / 5.13: |
Appendices |
Equilibrium Models / A: |
Potts Model / A.1: |
Clock Model / A.2: |
Turban Model / A.3: |
Baxter-Wu Model / A.4: |
Blume-Capel Model / A.5: |
XY Model / A.6: |
O(n) Model / A.7: |
Double Exchange Model / A.8: |
Frustrated Spin Models / A.9: |
Hilhorst-van Leeuven Model / A.10: |
Scaling Laws for Absorbing Phase Transitions / B: |
Diagonalisation of Time-Evolution Operators / C: |
Langevin Equations and Path Integrals / D: |
Mean-Field Approximations / E: |
Simple Mean-Field/Site Approximation / E.1: |
Pair-Approximation / E.2: |
The 'Hop-Away' Mean-Field Approximation / E.3: |
Finite-Size Scaling Techniques / F: |
Sequences of Finite-Size Estimates / F.1: |
Sequence Extrapolation / F.2: |
Numerical Methods / G: |
Simulational Techniques / G.1: |
Computation of Response Functions / G.2: |
Fractal Dimensions / H: |
Solutions |
Frequently Used Symbols |
Abbreviations |
References |
List of tables |
List of figures |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
Problems |
Survey of Equilibrium Critical Phenomena / 2: |