Critical phenomena and breaking drops: Infinite idealizations in physics

By Robert W. Batterman. 2005

139 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

1. Jeremy Butterfield
2. Collin Rice
3. Fermín Fulda
4. N. P. Landsman
5. John D. Norton
6. Robert W. Batterman
7. Lee Smolin

In Condensed Matter Physics

1. Jeremy Butterfield
2. Fermín Fulda
3. N. P. Landsman
4. John D. Norton
5. Collin Rice
6. Robert W. Batterman

In Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

1. John D. Norton
2. Jeremy Butterfield
3. Robert W. Batterman
4. Collin Rice
5. Fermín Fulda
6. N. P. Landsman

Citations in the corpus

• Between classical and quantum (2005, background): “An analogous discussion pertains to the derivation of thermodynamics from statistical mechanics (Emch & Liu, 2002; Batterman, 2005).”
• Minimal Model Explanations (2014, background): “The mathematical strategy is complicated, but we think the gist can be made clear quite easily ðsee Goldenfeld 1992; Batterman 2000, 2002b, 2005, 2010; Kadanoff 2000 for discussionsÞ.”
• Approximation and Idealization: Why the Difference Matters* (2012, background): “For an entry into this literature, see Liu (1999), Callender (2001), Batterman (2002, 2005, 2010, 2011), Belot (2005), Jones (2006), Butterfield (2011a, 2011b), Butterfield and Bouatta (2011), and Menon and Callender (2011).”
• Less is Different: Emergence and Reduction Reconciled (2011, background): “‘a physically singular problem . . . the “blow-ups” or divergences . . . are the result of the singular nature of the physics’ ([6], p. 56); ‘real systems exhibit physical discontinuities . . . genuine physical discontinuities—real singularities in the physical system’ ([ 7 ], pp. 235–236); ‘no de-i”
• On the Explanatory Role of Mathematics in Empirical Science (2010, background): “[4, 5] Consider the explanation offered by condensed matter physics for the so-called universality of critical phenomena.”
• Natural Agency: The Case of Bacterial Cognition (2017, background): “The scientific role of viscosity is thus largely insensitive to the underlying molecular dynamics that causally realize it (Batterman 2005; Strevens 2005).”