By A Campa, T Dauxois, D Fanelli and S Ruffo
Oxford University Press
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This book deals with an important class of many-body systems: those where the interaction potential decays slowly for large inter-particle distances and, in particular, systems where the decay is slower than the inverse inter-particle distance raised to the dimension of the embedding space. Gravitational and Coulomb interactions are the most prominent examples, although long-range interactions are more common than thought previously. Intended for Master’s and PhD students, the book tries to acquaint the reader with the subject gradually. The first two parts describe the theoretical and computational instruments needed to study both equilibrium and dynamical properties of systems subject to long-range forces. The third part is devoted to applications to the most relevant examples of long-range systems.
