Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C8-1-C8-7
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988801
STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND MAGNETISM
J. VillainDRF, CENG, 85X, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex, France
Abstract
A theorist (Stochas), an experimentalist (Magnes) and a somewhat simple-minded physicist (Simplicio) [1] discuss some of the recent (t > 1978) contributions of statistical mechanics to magnetism. Critical phenomena, the random field Ising model and spin glasses are mainly addressed.