The foregoing are scaling relations in classical thermodynamics. In more recent times, in statistical mechanics, the expression "scaling laws" has been taken to refer to the homogeneity of form of the thermodynamic and correlation functions near critical points, and to the resulting relations among the exponents that occur in those functions. There are many excellent references for critical phenomena and the associated scaling laws, among them the superb book by Domb [1] and the historic early review by Fisher [2]. | The foregoing are scaling relations in classical thermodynamics. In more recent times, in statistical mechanics, the expression "scaling laws" has been taken to refer to the homogeneity of form of the thermodynamic and correlation functions near critical points, and to the resulting relations among the exponents that occur in those functions. There are many excellent references for critical phenomena and the associated scaling laws, among them the superb book by Domb [1] and the historic early review by Fisher [2]. |