The Workshop on Nuclear Matter in Different Phases and Transitions brought together both theorists and experimentalists working on the properties of nuclear and hadronic matter produced in heavy-ion collisions in various energy ranges. The main focus was on experimental signals revealing the possible phase changes of the matter, taking into account the finite size of the system, and the non-equilibrium features of the observed phenomena. A discussion of phase transitions in other small quantum systems, such as metallic clusters, or atomic Bose-Einstein condensates was also presented. The...

The main purpose of this work is to present the appearance of universal limit probability laws in physics and their connection with the recently developed scaling theory of fluctuations. Arising from the probability theory and renormalization group methods, this approach has been proved to provide efficient investigative tools for the collective features that occur in any finite system. The mathematical background is self-contained and is formulated in terms which are easy to apply to the physical context. After illustrating the problem of anomalous diffusion, the book reviews recent advances...

The main purpose of this work is to present the appearance of universal limit probability laws in physics and their connection with the recently developed scaling theory of fluctuations. Arising from the probability theory and renormalization group methods, this approach has been proved to provide efficient investigative tools for the collective features that occur in any finite system. The mathematical background is self-contained and is formulated in terms which are easy to apply to the physical context. After illustrating the problem of anomalous diffusion, the book reviews recent advances...