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| Code | Φ-648 |
|---|---|
| Title | Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics |
| Category | B |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Hours | 4 |
| Level | Graduate |
| Semester | Spring |
| Teacher | G. Tsironis |
| Program | ... |
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| Goal of the Course | This course is aimed at graduate students with emphasis in non-equilibrium phenomena of statistical mechanics. In particular, the scope of this course is to study stochastic phenomena, Brownian motion, Fokker-Planck equation, kinetic approach-Boltzmann equation, irreversibility and arrow of time. |
| Syllabus | 1.Introduction to stochastic processes – Fluctuation theory2.Brownian motion, Langevin Equations, Fokker-Planck Equations3. Linear response theory, fluctuation-dissipation theorems, Onsager relations4. Kinetic Theory and Boltzmann equation5. Master equations, Quantum Dynamics6. Irreversibility and H-Theorem |
| Bibliography | 1.”Statistical Mechanics” – R. K. Pathria (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1996)2.“Elementary Statistical Physics”, C. Kittel, J. Wiley and Sons (1958).3. Statistical Mechanics, K. Huang, Wiley, New York (1963)4. “Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics”, R. Zwanzig, Oxford University Press (2001).5 “Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics”, R. Kubo, M. Toda, and N. Hashitsume, Springer-Verlag (1985). |
