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This book presents a united approach to the statistical physics of systems near equilibrium: it brings out the profound unity of the laws which govern them and gathers together results usually fragmented in the literature. It will be useful both as a textbook about irreversible phenomena and as a reference book for researchers.
List of contents
- 1: Random variables and random processes
- 2: Linear thermodynamics of irreversible processes
- 3: Statistical description of out-of-equilibrium systems
- 4: Classical systems: reduced distribution functions
- 5: The Boltzmann equation
- 6: Transport coefficients
- 7: From the Boltzmann equation to the hydrodynamic equations
- 8: The Bloch-Boltzmann theory of electronic transport
- 9: Master equations
- 10: Brownian motion: the Langevin model
- 11: Brownian motion: the Fokker-Planck equation
- 12: Linear responses and equilibrium correlations
- 13: General linear response theory
- 14: The fluctuation-dissipation theorem
- 15: Quantum theory of electronic transport
- 16: Thermal transport coefficients
About the author
Graduate from École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1969.
Ph.D. Thesis in Solid State Physics, University of Paris, 1970.
1969: Assistant Professor (maître de conférences), University Paris Diderot.
1988: Associate Professor (professeur de seconde classe), University Paris Diderot.
1993: Full professor (première classe), University Paris Diderot.
2006-present: Full professor (classe exceptionnelle), University Paris Diderot.
Summary
This book presents a united approach to the statistical physics of systems near equilibrium: it brings out the profound unity of the laws which govern them and gathers together results usually fragmented in the literature. It will be useful both as a textbook about irreversible phenomena and as a reference book for researchers.
Additional text
The book is of high quality. It covers the important theoretical points and many interesting and important applications.
