Just trying to get some clarity in terminology: is phase transitions synonymous with critical phenomena? At the first glance they mean the same thing, but I am not sure whether phase transitions really include such phenomena as Anderson localization and percolation, which are not thermally driven. However, what then about quantum phase transitions, which are not thermally driven either?

Clarification
To clarify the above, here are the options:

• phase transitions and critical phenomena are the same thing
• phase transitions are a subset of critical phenomena - e.g., we may consider Anderson localization, percolation, topological transitions, Mott transition to be critical phenomena, but not phase transitions - in this case one needs to define the difference between the two.
• Finally, there may be simply no clearly established terminology, as is suggested by expressions such as quantum phase transition, which likely should not be called phase transition under the classification proposed in the previosu bullet.

Just trying to get some clarity in terminology: is phase transitions synonymous with critical phenomena? At the first glance they mean the same thing, but I am not sure whether phase transitions really include such phenomena as Anderson localization and percolation, which are not thermally driven. However, what then about quantum phase transitions, which are not thermally driven either?

Clarification
To clarify the above, here are the options:

• phase transitions and critical phenomena are the same thing
• phase transitions are a subset of critical phenomena - e.g., we may consider Anderson localization, percolation, topological transitions, Mott transition to be critical phenomena, but not phase transitions - in this case one needs to define the difference between the two.
• Finally, there may be simply no clearly established terminology, as is suggested by expressions such as quantum phase transition, which likely should not be called phase transition under the classification proposed in the previous bullet.

Just trying to get some clarity in terminology: is phase transitions synonymous with critical phenomena? At the first glance they mean the same thing, but I am not sure whether phase transitions really include such phenomena as Anderson localization and percolation, which are not thermally driven. However, what then about quantum phase transitions, which are not thermally driven either?

Just trying to get some clarity in terminology: is phase transitions synonymous with critical phenomena? At the first glance they mean the same thing, but I am not sure whether phase transitions really include such phenomena as Anderson localization and percolation, which are not thermally driven. However, what then about quantum phase transitions, which are not thermally driven either?

Clarification
To clarify the above, here are the options:

• phase transitions and critical phenomena are the same thing
• phase transitions are a subset of critical phenomena - e.g., we may consider Anderson localization, percolation, topological transitions, Mott transition to be critical phenomena, but not phase transitions - in this case one needs to define the difference between the two.
• Finally, there may be simply no clearly established terminology, as is suggested by expressions such as quantum phase transition, which likely should not be called phase transition under the classification proposed in the previosu bullet.