Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Noëlle Pottier (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University Paris Diderot, `Matière et Systèmes Complexes' (MSC) Laboratory)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.40cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.868kg
ISBN: 9780198712275
ISBN 10: 0198712278
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 26 June 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.
Reviews
`Its strength no doubt lies in showing how a large variety of subjects close to experimental interest are connected to a basis of fundamental statistical physics ... an excellent book that is likely to keep its value when fashion changes.' Henk Hilhorst, Universite Paris-Sud `An extremely thorough, complete and well written reference on all well established aspects of nonequilibrium statistical physics and corresponding linear irreversible processes. The book grew out of lectures given over many years at the graduate level in Paris, and is very pedagogical, providing cases and easily accessible knowledge in well written chapters.' Hubert Saleur, University of Southern California `The book is of high quality. It covers the important theoretical points and many interesting and important applications.' Robert Mazo, University of Oregon
Its strength no doubt lies in showing how a large variety of subjects close to experimental interest are connected to a basis of fundamental statistical physics ... an excellent book that is likely to keep its value when fashion changes. Henk Hilhorst, Universite Paris-Sud An extremely thorough, complete and well written reference on all well established aspects of nonequilibrium statistical physics and corresponding linear irreversible processes. The book grew out of lectures given over many years at the graduate level in Paris, and is very pedagogical, providing cases and easily accessible knowledge in well written chapters. Hubert Saleur, University of Southern California The book is of high quality. It covers the important theoretical points and many interesting and important applications. Robert Mazo, University of Oregon
Author Information
Graduate from École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1969. Ph.D. Thesis in Solid State Physics, University of Paris, 1970. 1969: Assistant Professor (maître de conférences), University Paris Diderot. 1988: Associate Professor (professeur de seconde classe), University Paris Diderot. 1993: Full professor (première classe), University Paris Diderot. 2006-present: Full professor (classe exceptionnelle), University Paris Diderot.
