Introduction To Stochastic Processes And Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics, An

Horacio Sergio Wio

• Publisher: World Scientific
• Year: 1994
• Print ISBN: 9789810215712, 9789810215712
• eBook ISBN: 9789814350280
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

The purpose of this textbook is to bring together, in a self-contained introductory form, the scattered material in the field of stochastic processes and statistical physics. It offers the opportunity of being acquainted with stochastic, kinetic and nonequilibrium processes. Although the research techniques in these areas have become standard procedures, they are not usually taught in the normal courses on statistical physics. For students of physics in their last year and graduate students who wish to gain an invaluable introduction on the above subjects, this book is a necessary tool.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I: STOCHASTIC PROCESSES AND THE MASTER EQUATION
• CHAPTER II: DISTRIBUTIONS, BBGKY-HIERARCHY, BALANCE EQUATIONS, AND THE DENSITY OPERATOR
• CHAPTER III: LINEAR NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS AND ONSAGER RELATIONS
• CHAPTER IV: LINEAR RESPONSE THEORY, FLUCTUATION-DISSIPATION THEOREM
• CHAPTER V : INSTABILITIES AND FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM PHASE TRANSITIONS
• CHAPTER VI: FORMATION AND PROPAGATION OF PATTERNS IN FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS
• FINAL COMMENTS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY