Roughly at the time (1987) when the manuscript for the first three chapters of the present
book was completed, several breakthroughs occurred. They had a profound influence on the …

We study first-order electroweak phase transitions nonperturbatively, assuming any particles
beyond the Standard Model are sufficiently heavy to be integrated out at the phase …

Monte Carlo simulations of homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation in Ising/lattice gas
models are reviewed with an emphasis on the general insight gained on the mechanisms by …

As a rule, mean-field theories applied to a fluid that can undergo a transition from saturated
vapor at density ρ υ to a liquid at density ρ ℓ yield a van der Waals loop. For example …

When a fluid at a constant density ρ in between the densities of coexisting vapor (ρ v) and
liquid (ρ ℓ) at temperatures below criticality is studied in a (cubic) box of finite linear …

Computer simulations are employed to obtain subcritical isotherms of small finite sized
systems inside the coexistence region. For all temperatures considered, ranging from the …

The condensation of a supersaturated vapor enclosed in a finite system is considered. A
phenomenological analysis reveals that the vapor is found to be stable at densities well …

Excess contributions to the free energy due to interfaces occur for many problems
encountered in the statistical physics of condensed matter when coexistence between …

Flat walls facilitate the condensation of a supersaturated vapor: classical theory of
heterogeneous nucleation predicts that the free energy barrier Δ F het*, which needs to be …

The purpose of this chapter is to give a brief introduction to Monte Carlo simulations of
classical statistical physics systems and their statistical analysis. To set the general …