{ "id": "cond-mat/0304120", "version": "v1", "published": "2003-04-04T15:38:24.000Z", "updated": "2003-04-04T15:38:24.000Z", "title": "The Lee-Yang theory of equilibrium and nonequilibrium phase transitions", "authors": [ "R. A. Blythe", "M. R. Evans" ], "comment": "24 pages, 7 papers, invited paper for special issue of The Brazilian Journal of Physics", "journal": "Braz. J. Phys. (2003) v33 p464", "categories": [ "cond-mat.stat-mech" ], "abstract": "We present a pedagogical account of the Lee-Yang theory of equilibrium phase transitions and review recent advances in applying this theory to nonequilibrium systems. Through both general considerations and explicit studies of specific models, we show that the Lee-Yang approach can be used to locate and classify phase transitions in nonequilibrium steady states.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2003-04-04T15:38:24.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "nonequilibrium phase transitions", "lee-yang theory", "nonequilibrium steady states", "nonequilibrium systems", "general considerations" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "doi": "10.1590/S0103-97332003000300008", "journal": "Brazilian Journal of Physics", "year": 2003, "month": "Sep", "volume": 33, "number": 3, "pages": 464 }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 24, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2003BrJPh..33..464B" } } }