Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: Linear Irreversible Processes
Noelle Pottier, "Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: Linear Irreversible Processes"
English | 2014 | pages: 512 | ISBN: 0198712278, 0199556881 | PDF | 5,4 mb
English | 2014 | pages: 512 | ISBN: 0198712278, 0199556881 | PDF | 5,4 mb
While systems at equilibrium are treated in a unified manner through the partition function formalism, the statistical physics of out-of-equilibrium systems covers a large variety of situations that are often without apparent connection. This book proposes a unified perspective on the whole set of systems near equilibrium: it brings out the profound unity of the laws which govern them and gathers together a large number of results usually fragmented in the literature. The reader will find in this book a pedagogical account of the fundamental results: physical origins of irreversibility, fluctuation-dissipation theorem, Boltzmann equation, linear response, Onsager relations, transport phenomena, Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations. The book's comprehensive organization makes it valuable both as a textbook about irreversible phenomena and as a reference book for researchers.
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