Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Physical Kinetics
[BOOK DESCRIPTION]
This graduate textbook covers contemporary directions of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics as well as classical methods of kinetics. With one of the main propositions being to avoid terms such as "obviously" and "it is easy to show", this treatise is an easy-to-read introduction into this traditional, yet vibrant field.
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
1 Phenomenological thermodynamics of irreversible processes|1
2 Brownian Motion|59
3 Kinetic equations in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics|74
4 Kinetic equation for electrons and phonons in conducting crystals|129
5 Theory of linear response to an external mechanical perturbation|189
6 Non-equilibrium statistical operator method|238
7 Response of a highl
8 Master equation approach|338
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