Volume II:
1. Ageing Phenomena 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Phase-Ordering Kinetics 1.3 Phenomenology of Ageing 1.4 Scaling Behaviour of Intergrated Responses 1.5 Values of Non-Equilibrium Exponents 1.6 Global Persistence
2. Exactly Solvable Models 2.1 One-dimensional Glauber-Ising Model 2.2. A Non-Glauberian Kinetic Ising Model 2.3 The Free Random Walk 2.4 The Spherical Model 2.5 The Long-range Spherical Model 2.6 XY-Model in Spin-wave Approximation 2.7 OJK Approximation 2.8 Further Solvable Models
3. Simple Ageing: an Overview 3.1 Non-equilibrium Critical Dynamics 3.2 Ordered Initial States 3.3 Conserved Order-parameter (Model B) 3.4 Fully Frustrated Systems 3.5 Disordered Systems I: Ferromagnets 3.6 Disordered Systems II: Critical Glassy Systems 3.7 Surface Effects 3.8 Ageing with Absorbing Steady-states I 3.9 Ageing with Absorbing Steady-states II 3.10 Reversible Reaction-diffusion Systems 3.11 Growth processes
4. Local scale invariance I: z = 2 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Schrödinger Group 4.3 From Schrödinger-invariane to Ageing 4.4 Conformal Invariance and Ageing 4.5 Galilei-invariance 4.6 Calculation of Two-time Response and Correlation Functions 4.7 Tests of Ageing and Conformal-invariance for z = 2 4.8 Nonrelativistic AdS/CFT Correspondence
5. Local scale invariance II: z ¿ 2 5.1 Axioms of Local Scale-invariance 5.2 Construction of the Infinitesimal Generators 5.3 Generalised Bargman Superselection Rule 5.4 Calculation of Two-time Responses 5.5 Calculation of Two-time Correlations 5.6 Tests of Local Scale-invariance with z ¿ 2 5.7 Global Time-reparametrisation-invariance 5.8 Concluding Remarks
6. Lifshitz Points 6.1 Phenomenology 6.2 Critical Exponents at Lifshitz Points 6.3 A Different Type of Local Scale-transformation 6.4 Application to Lifshitz Points 6.5 Conclusions
Appendices: A. Equilibrium Models A.1 Potts Model A.2 Clock Model A.3 Turban Model A.4 Baxter-Wu Model A.5 Blume-Capel Model A.6 XY Model A.7 O(n) Model A.8 Double Exchange Model A.9 Hilhorst-van Leeuven Model A.10 Frustrated Spin Models A.11 Weakly random Spin Systems A.12 Logarithmic Sub-scaling Exponents A.13 Ising Spin Glasses A.14 Gauge Glasses
D. Langevin Equations and Path Integrals I. Cluster Algorithms: Competing Interactions J. Fractional Derivatives J.1 Singular Fractional Derivatives J.2 Fractional Laplacians K. Conformally Invarioant Interacting Fields K.1 Conformal Invariance and Coupling Constants K.2 Conformally Conserved Currents L. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras: a Reminder L.1 Finite Groups L.2 Continuous Groups and Lie groups L.3 From Lie groups to Lie Algebras and Back L.4 Matrix Representations and the Cartan-Weyl Basis L.5 Function-space Representations L.6 Central Extensions
Solutions. Frequently Used Symbols. Abbreviations. References. List of Tables. List of Figures.
Index

"The importance of knowledge consists not only in its direct practical utility but also in the fact the it promotes a widely contemplative habit of mind; on this ground, utility is to be found in much of the knowledge that is nowadays labelled 'useless'. " Bertrand Russel, In Praise of Idleness, London (1935) "Why are scientists in so many cases so deeply interested in their work ? Is it merely because it is useful ? It is only necessary to talk to such scientists to discover that the utilitarian possibilities of their work are generally of secondary interest to them. Something else is primary. " David Bohm, On creativity, Abingdon (1996) In this volume, the dynamical critical behaviour of many-body systems far from equilibrium is discussed. Therefore, the intrinsic properties of the - namics itself, rather than those of the stationary state, are in the focus of 1 interest. Characteristically, far-from-equilibrium systems often display - namical scaling, even if the stationary state is very far from being critical. A 1 As an example of a non-equilibrium phase transition, with striking practical c- sequences, consider the allotropic change of metallic ?-tin to brittle ?-tin. At o equilibrium, the gray ?-Sn becomes more stable than the silvery ?-Sn at 13. 2 C. Kinetically, the transition between these two solid forms of tin is rather slow at higher temperatures. It starts from small islands of ?-Sn, the growth of which proceeds through an auto-catalytic reaction.

Malte Henkel, born in 1960, received his Master's degree from the University of Bonn in 1984, and his PhD in 1987, when he also won the annual prize of the Minerva Foundation. From that year onward he has been a long-term visitor in many institutes, including the ITP at Santa Barbara, USA, the SPhT at Saclay, France, and the universities of Oxford, UK, Vienna, Austria, Padova, Italy, and Lisbon, Portugal. In 1995 he was appointed a professor at the University of Nancy I. His current research encompasses equilibrium and non-equilibrium phase transitions, using field-theoretical and numerical methods in general. In particular, his current focus is on dynamical scaling behaviour realised in ageing phenomena far from equilibrium. He has published well over a hundred articles and three monographs, one of which is Volume I of this set.