Dissipative Phenomena in Condensed Matter : Some Applications /

From the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics, this graduate- and research-level volume treats the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines like condensed matter physics, materials science, metallurgy, chemical physics etc. are dis...

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Main Author: Dattagupta, Sushanta
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Puri, Sanjay
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
Series:Springer series in materials science ; 71.
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Summary:From the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics, this graduate- and research-level volume treats the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines like condensed matter physics, materials science, metallurgy, chemical physics etc. are discussed. Dattagupta employs the broad framework of stochastic processes and master equation techniques to obtain models for a wide range of experimentally relevant phenomena such as classical and quantum Brownian motion, spin dynamics, kinetics of phase ordering, relaxation in glasses, dissipative tunneling. It provides a pedagogical exposition of current research material and will be useful to experimentalists, computational physicists and theorists.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages)
ISBN:9783662067581 (electronic bk.)
3662067587 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0933-033X ;