Code
Φ-648
Level
Graduate
Category
B
Teacher
G. Tsironis
ECTS
5
Hours
4
Semester
Spring
Display
Yes
Offered
No
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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.
Program
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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).
