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Title Details:
Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Other Titles: Introduction to irreversible Thermodynamics
Authors: Koutselos, Andreas
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY > KINETIC THEORY
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS > ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR COLLISION PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > GENERAL PHYSICS > STATISTICAL PHYSICS AND THERMODYNAMICS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > PHYSICS > ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTIC, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS > FLUID DYNAMICS > GENERAL THEORY IN FLUID DYNAMICS
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY > CHEMICAL KINETICS
Keywords:
Statistical Mechanics
Kinetic theory
Stochastic processes
Hydrodynamics
Chemical kinetics
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
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Abstract:
The observation of phenomena in nature led to the recognition of natural quantities that evolve in time, but also to the development of laws that describe their change over time. Gradually, the study of the composition of matter led to the recognition that a (macroscopic) physical system consists of microscopic molecular structures that are constantly in motion. The study of the macrocosm led to the foundation of thermodynamics in equilibrium and kinetic theories out of equilibrium, such as hydrodynamics. At the same time, statistical theories were developed that reproduce the macroscopic phenomena based on the molecular motion. Statistical Mechanics of equilibrium reproduces thermodynamics and kinetic (statistical) theories reproduce (macroscopic) kinetic theories. For example, in dilute systems, the Boltzmann kinetic equation reproduces hydrodynamics. For non-equilibrium systems there is no general kinetic theory due to the many ways in which the kinetic states of matter arise and correspondingly the statistical theories are formulated according to the physical system they describe. In this book, the phenomenological theories of thermodynamics and hydrodynamics are presented first, the stochastic processes that describe the statistical evolution of physical quantities over time and characterize physical and chemical systems follow. Subsequently, based on classical mechanics and the use of the Liouville equation, the derivation of kinetic equations for the velocity distributions is presented. In the limit of weak interactions the Boltzmann kinetic equation is obtained and its properties are studied. Then, transport properties are calculated based on the intermolecular interactions. Next, the statistical study of the linear response of a system to the action of external fields is presented. In the last chapter, since thermodynamics has not been generalized to all physical systems, some cases of generalization of local thermodynamics in non-equilibrium conditions are presented for special systems that display various applications.
Linguistic Editors: Skordalaki, Eleftheria
Graphic Editors: Tsakmaki, Eleni
Type: Postgraduate textbook
Creation Date: 05-02-2024
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-197-0
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-433
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/12445
Bibliographic Reference: Koutselos, A. (2024). Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics [Postgraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-433
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Fluid dynamics
2. Stochastic processes of kinetic phenomena
3. Stochastic equations of chemical kinetics
4. Hierarchy of kinetic equations
5. Boltzmann Kinetic Equation
6. Boltzmann Linear Equation
7. Linear response theory
8. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Number of pages 218
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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