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Statistical Theory of Heat: Nonequilibrium Phenomena


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This text on the statistical theory of nonequilibrium phenomena grew out of lecture notes for courses on advanced statistical mechanics that were held more or less regularly at the Physics Department of the Technical University in Munich. My aim in these lectures was to incorporate various developments of many-body theory made during the last 20-30 years, in particular the correlation function approach, not just as an "extra" alongside the more "classical" results; I tried to use this approach as a unifying concept for the presentation of older as well as more recent results. I think that after so many excellent review articles and advanced treatments, correlation functions and memory kernels are as much a matter of course in nonequilibrium statistical physics as partition functions are in equilibrium theory, and should be used as such in regular courses and textbooks. The relations between correlation functions and earlier vehicles for the formulation of nonequilibrium theory such askinetic equations, master equations, Onsager's theory, etc. , are discussed in detail in this volume. Since today there is growing interest in nonlinear phenomena I have included several chapters on related problems. There is some nonlinear response theory, some results on phenomenological nonlinear equations and some microscopic applications of the nonlinear response formalism. The main focus, however, is on the linear regime.

Table of Contents:
I Correlation Functions and Kinetic Equations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Equations of Motion of Statistical Physics.- 3. Small Amplitude Perturbation Theory (Linear Response).- 4. Brownian Motion (Relaxator)*.- 5. Brownian Motion (Oscillator)*.- 6. Dispersion Relations and Spectral Representations.- 7. Symmetry Properties of Correlation Functions.- 8. Detailed Balance, Fluctuations and Dissipation.- 9. Scattering of Particles and Light**.- 10. Energy Dissipation, Detailed Balance and Passivity.- 11. The High-Frequency Behaviour of Response Functions.- 12. The Low-Frequency Behaviour of Response Functions.- 13. Stochastic Forces, Langevin Equation.- 14. Brownian Motion: Langevin Equation*.- 15. Nonlinear Response Theory.- 16. The Increase of Entropy and Irreversibility.- 17. The Increase of Entropy: A Critical Discussion**.- II Irreversible Thermodynamics.- 18. The Nyquist Formula.- 19. Thermomechanical Effects.- 20. Diffusion and Thermodiffusion.- 21. Thermoelectric Effects.- 22. Chemical Reactions.- 23. Typical Time Evolutions of Simple Chemical Reactions.- 24. Coupled Nonlinear Reactions.- 25. Chemical Fluctuations.- 26. Sticking, Desorption, Condensation and Evaporation.- 27. Nucleation.- 28. The Oscillator with Mechanical and Thermal Attenuation*.- 29. Hydrodynamics.- 30. Hydrodynamic Long-Time Tails.- 31. Matter in Electromagnetic Fields.- 32. Rate Equations (Master Equation, Stosszahlansatz).- 33. Kinetic Transport Equations.- 34. The Dynamic Conductivity in the Relaxation Time Model.- 35. Zero Sound.- 36. The Fokker-Planck Approximation.- 37. Brownian Motion and Diffusion*.- 38. Fokker-Planck and Langevin Equations.- 39. Transport Equations in the Hydrodynamic Regime.- 40. The Minimum Entropy Production Variational Principle.- III Calculation of Kinetic Coefficients.- 41. Approximation Methods.- 42. Correlation Functions for Single-Particle Problems.- 43. Perturbation Theory for Impurity Conduction.- 44. Electron-Phonon Conduction.- 45. Mode-Coupling Theory for Impurity Conduction.- 46. Electron Localization.- 47. Localization and Quantum Interference*.- 48. Scaling Laws for Dynamic Critical Phenomena.- 49. Applications of Dynamic Scaling Laws.- 50. Mode-Coupling Theory for Dynamic Critical Phenomena.- 51. Broken Symmetry and Low-Frequency Modes**.- 52. Collision Rates.- 53. Many-Body Effects in Collision Rates.- References.


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  • ISBN-13: 9783642746871
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 290
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 364274687X
  • Publisher Date: 13 Dec 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Nonequilibrium Phenomena


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