Category
page 1Critical phenomena
phase change
transitions between solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter, and, in rare cases, plasma
critical point
temperature and pressure point where phase boundaries disappear
Curie temperature
temperature above which certain materials lose their permanent magnetic properties
supercritical fluid
state of matter
Néel temperature
critical temperature of an antiferromagnet
critical phenomena
physics of critical points
scale invariance
features that do not change if length or energy scales are multiplied by a common factor
critical exponent
parameter describing physics near critical points
self-organized criticality
concept in physics
critical opalescence
increase in photonic scattering during a phase transition
spinodal decomposition
mechanism of spontaneous phase separation
Abelian sandpile model
cellular automaton
critical radius
minimum particle size from which an aggregate is thermodynamically stable