Far from Equilibrium Phase Transitions

A review of current issues in the quantum theory of envelope solitons.- Fluctuations in the transient dynamics of nonlinear optical systems.- Theoretical methods in pattern formation in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.- Two nonequilibrium phase transitions: Stochastic Hopf bifurcation and onset of relaxation oscillations in the diffusive sine-Gordon model.- Exactly solvable multistable Fokker-Planck models with arbitrarily prescribed N lowest eigenvalues.- Phase and frequency dynamics in laser instabilities.- Fluctuations and critical phenomena in reaction-diffusion systems.- From deterministic chaos to noise in retarded feedback systems.- Non-local and non-linear problems in the physics of disordered media.- Convection in binary mixtures propagating and standing patterns.- Time-dependent phase transitions.- Quantum treatment of dispersive optical bistability.- Spontaneous symmetry breaking and spatial structures in optical systems.- Scaling for an interfacial instability.- Field theory for growth kinetics.