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Description of  Dynamics in First Order Phase Transitions in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems (Lecture Notes in Physics)

The topic of this book is the theoretical description of dynamical aspects of discontinuous phase transitions in physical systems. It includes effects like the development of phase separation - i.e. nuclea- tion and spinodal decomposition - , freezing and melting, as well as phase transitions in systems which are far from thermal equilibrium. Examples are the formation of electron-hole droplets in highly laser excited semiconductors and transitions between different nonequilibrium states in optical systems like optical bistability.