Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

Statistical mechanics provides a framework for relating the properties of macroscopic systems (large collections of atoms, such as in a solid) to the microscopic properties of its parts.

Autorentext

James H. Luscombe received a PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1983. After post-doctoral positions at the University of Toronto and Iowa State University, he joined the Research Laboratory of Texas Instruments, where he worked on the development of nanoelectronic devices. In 1994, he joined the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, where he is a professor of Physics. He was Chair of the Department of Physics from 2003 - 2009. He teaches a wide variety of topics, including general relativity, statistical mechanics, mathematical methods, and quantum computation. He has published more than 60 research articles, and has given more than 100 conference presentations; he holds 2 patents.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Irreversibility, Entropy, and Fluctuations. Chapter 2: Fluctuations as Stochastic Processes. Chapter 3: Brownian Mtion and Stochastic Dynamics. Chapter 4: Kinetic Theory: Boltzmann's Approach to Irreversibility. Chapter 5: Weakly Coupled Systems: Landau-Vlasov Theories. Chapter 6: Dissipation, Fluctuations, and Correlations. Appendix A: Statistical Mechanics. Appendix B: Probability Theory. Appendix C: Elastic Collisions. Appendix D: Integral Equations and Resolvents. Appendix E: Dynamical Representations in Quantum Mechanics. Appendix F: Causality and Analyticity. Bibliography. Index.