The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversible Phenomena

The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversible Phenomena

by Pierre Gaspard
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 31/07/2022

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This book provides a comprehensive and self-contained overview of recent progress in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, in particular, the discovery of fluctuation relations and other time-reversal symmetry relations. The significance of these advances is that nonequilibrium statistical physics is no longer restricted to the linear regimes close to equilibrium, but extends to fully nonlinear regimes. These important new results have inspired the development of a unifying framework for describing both the microscopic dynamics of collections of particles, and the macroscopic hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of matter itself. The book discusses the significance of this theoretical framework in relation to a broad range of nonequilibrium processes, from the nanoscale to the macroscale, and is essential reading for researchers and graduate students in statistical physics, theoretical chemistry and biological physics.

ISBN:
9781108580465
9781108580465
Category:
Statistical physics
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
31-07-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

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