Contemporary Kinetic Theory of Matter

A thorough examination of kinetic theory and its successes in understanding and describing irreversible phenomena in physical systems.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The Boltzmann equation 1: Fundamentals; 3. The Boltzmann equation 2: Fluid dynamics; 4. Dilute gas mixtures; 5. The dilute Lorentz gas; 6. Basic tools; 7. Enskog theory: Dense hard sphere systems; 8. The Boltzmann-Langevin equation; 9. Granular gases; 10. Quantum gases; 11. Cluster expansions; 12. Divergences and resummations; 13. Long time tails; 14. Non-equilibrium steady states; 15. What's next; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Jay Robert Dorfman is Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a recipient of the Chancellor's Medal for distinguished contributions to the University of Maryland. He is also the author of two books: A Course in Statistical Thermodynamics with Joseph Kestin, and An Introduction to Chaos in Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Cambridge University Press).Henk van Beijeren is Emeritus Professor at Utrecht University and former Scientific Director of The Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. He is a recipient of the Humboldt-Forschungs award.Theodore Ross Kirkpatrick is Research Professor at the University of Maryland and a fellow of the American Physical Society. He has co-authored over 220 research papers in related areas of research.

Product details

• Authors: Henk van Beijeren, J. R. Dorfman, J. R. (University of Maryland Dorfman, Dorfman J. R., T. R. Kirkpatrick, T. R. (University of Maryland Kirkpatrick, Ted Kirkpatrick, Henk van Beijeren, Henk (Universiteit Utrecht van Beijeren
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780521895477
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89547-7
• No. of pages: 590
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Statistical physics