A kinetic view of statistical physics / Pavel L. Krapivsky, Sidney Redner, Eli Ben-Naim.

By:

Krapivsky, Pavel L

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xv, 488 p. : ill. ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780521851039 (hbk.) :
0521851033 (hbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

530.13 22

LOC classification:

QC174.86.N65 K73 2010

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Aperitifs; 2. Diffusion; 3. Collisions; 4. Exclusion; 5. Aggregation; 6. Fragmentation; 7. Adsorption; 8. Spin dynamics; 9. Coarsening; 10. Disorder; 11. Hysteresis; 12. Population dynamics; 13. Diffusive reactions; 14. Complex networks; References; Index.

Summary: "Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-equilibrium statistical physics. It focuses on the development and application of theoretical methods to help students develop their problem-solving skills. The book begins with microscopic transport processes: diffusion, collision-driven phenomena, and exclusion. It then presents the kinetics of aggregation, fragmentation and adsorption, where the basic phenomenology and solution techniques are emphasized. The following chapters cover kinetic spin systems, both from a discrete and a continuum perspective, the role of disorder in non-equilibrium processes, hysteresis from the non-equilibrium perspective, the kinetics of chemical reactions, and the properties of complex networks. The book contains 200 exercises to test students' understanding of the subject. A link to a website hosted by the authors, containing supplementary material including solutions to some of the exercises, can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521851039"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library	530-2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	07/04/2026	AT-ISTA#002522

Total holds: 0

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-482) and index.

"Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-equilibrium statistical physics. It focuses on the development and application of theoretical methods to help students develop their problem-solving skills. The book begins with microscopic transport processes: diffusion, collision-driven phenomena, and exclusion. It then presents the kinetics of aggregation, fragmentation and adsorption, where the basic phenomenology and solution techniques are emphasized. The following chapters cover kinetic spin systems, both from a discrete and a continuum perspective, the role of disorder in non-equilibrium processes, hysteresis from the non-equilibrium perspective, the kinetics of chemical reactions, and the properties of complex networks. The book contains 200 exercises to test students' understanding of the subject. A link to a website hosted by the authors, containing supplementary material including solutions to some of the exercises, can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521851039"-- Provided by publisher.