Stochastic Processes in Nonequilibrium Systems [[electronic resource] ] : Sitges International School of Statistical Mechanics, June 1978, Sitges, Barcelona/Spain / / edited by L. Garrido, P. Seglar, P.J. Shepherd

• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1978
• Edizione: 1st ed. 1978.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVII, 357 p. 1 illus.)
• Disciplina: 530.15
• Soggetto topico: Physics; Statistical physics; Dynamical systems; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation; Complex Systems; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
• Persona (resp. second.): GarridoL; SeglarP; ShepherdP.J
• Nota di contenuto: An introduction to stochastic processes for physicists -- Stochastic differential equations with non-Markov processes -- Aspects of the theory of brownian motion -- Path-integral methods in Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and statistics -- Synergetios — a field beyond irreversible Thermodynamics -- Computer results on transport properties -- Kinetics of phase transitions -- Stochastic behavior of simple dynamical systems -- Fokker-Planck adescription of a Navier-Stokes fluid with instability -- Operator formalism for continuous Markov processes -- Applications of path integrals -- Functional integral methods for random fields -- Kinetic equations from Hamiltonian dynamics : The Markovian limit -- Boltzmann behaviour of a spatially inhomogeneous gas -- An example of processes in physics that are nonlocal in time : The interdependence of rotational processes in the dynamics of simple fluids -- Stochastic theory for hydrodynamical systems -- Fluctuation spectra near the threshold of a current instability -- Stochastic electrodynamics: Example of a nonlinear stochastic differential equation with a non white noise stochastic force -- Brownian motion in persistent fluctuations (without thermal equilibrium) -- Covariant Wigner-function approach to relativistic quantum statistics -- Stochastic model of current-coupled channels in nerve membranes -- Derivation of stochastic transport equations for systems of interacting Brownian particles -- Thermodynamic instability; oscillations, and modification of nerve synapses -- Discussion of a random-walk model with correlated jumps -- Discussion of a quantum theory of diffusion including memory effects -- The dynamo effect in magnethydrodynamic turbulence -- Dynamical correlations in nonlinear chemical reactions -- A cooperative effect with significance in biological evolution.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stochastic processes in nonequilibrium systems
• ISBN: 3-540-35713-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996466807403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Lecture Notes in Physics, . 0075-8450 ; ; 84