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Record Nr.

UNINA9910643409303321

Titolo

Memory function approaches to stochastic problems in condensed matter [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Myron W. Evans, Paolo Grigolini, Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Wiley, c1985

ISBN

1-282-34717-9

9786612347177

0-470-14286-3

0-470-14331-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (574 p.)

Collana

Advances in chemical physics, , 0065-2385 ; ; v. 62

Altri autori (Persone)

EvansMyron W <1950-> (Myron Wyn)

GrigoliniPaolo

Pastori ParraviciniGiuseppe

Disciplina

530.4

541.305

541/.08

Soggetti

Condensed matter

Molecular dynamics

Stochastic processes

Relaxation methods (Mathematics)

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An Interscience publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

MEMORY FUNCTION APPROACHES TO STOCHASTIC PROBLEMS IN CONDENSED MATTER; CONTENTS; I. Theoretical Foundations; II.Basic Description of the Rules Leading to the Adiabatic Elimination of Fast Variables; III. Continued Fractions in the Theory of Relaxation; IV. Memory Function Methods in Wid State Physics; V. Molecular Dynamics: Intense External Fields; VI. Nonlinear Effects in Molecular Dynamics of the Liquid State; VII. Dynamical bperties of Hydrogen-Bonded Liquids; VIII. Slow Motion EPR Spectra in Terms of a Generalized Langevin Equation; IX. The Theory of chemical Reaction Rates

X. Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Multiplicative Noise by



Means of Electric CircuitsXI. Interdisciplinary Subjects (Population Genetics): The Time Properties of a Model of Random Fluctuating Selection; XII. Stochastic Processes in Astrophysics: Stellar Formation and Galactic Evolution; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

An international group of scholars presents a very important development in the theory of relaxation processes. For the first time, the basic equations of motion have been put into a form suitable for computation of a variety of observable phenomena in several different disciplines. This book begins with a description of the foundations of the memory function techniques, of the adiabatic elimination procedure and of the mathematics of continued fractions. It also covers depth relaxation phenomena in several areas of physics, chemistry, biology, electronic engineering, spectroscopy, computer si