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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968414403321

Autore

Zwanzig Robert

Titolo

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics / / Robert Zwanzing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770412-3

1-280-53110-X

9786610531103

0-19-803215-3

1-4294-0181-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

530.13

Soggetti

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Brownian Motion and Langevin Equations; 2. Fokker-Planck Equations; 3. Master Equations; 4. Reaction Rates; 5. Kinetic Models; 6. Quantum Dynamics; 7. Linear Response Theory; 8. Projection Operators; 9. Nonlinear Problems; 10. The Paradoxes of Irreversibility; Appendixes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting the main principles and methods of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, this text is for graduate students and scientists who are interested in the more complex field of time-dependent nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.