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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Topics in D-1 Dimensional Statistical Mechanics: 1. Statistical Mechanics of Equilibrium Crystal Shapes: Interfacial Phase Diagrams and Phase Transitions. 2. Symmetry Classifications of Two-Dimensional Phase Transitions

Abstract

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This thesis consists of two parts. The first part, contained in Chapter 1, concerns interfacial phase diagrams and phase transitions associated with equilibrium crystal shapes. The second portion, contained in Chapter 2, deals with symmetry classifications of phase transitions in two dimensions.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Physics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Rottman, Craig Alan

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8410038
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77365

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Rottman, Craig Alan. Topics in D-1 Dimensional Statistical Mechanics: 1. Statistical Mechanics of Equilibrium Crystal Shapes: Interfacial Phase Diagrams and Phase Transitions. 2. Symmetry Classifications of Two-Dimensional Phase Transitions. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/77365