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Asymptotic properties of markovian master equations: M. Malek Mansour, C. van den Broeck, G. Nicolis, and J. W. Turner. Faculté des Sciences de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 231, Campus Plaine, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Weight
78 KB
Volume
130
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-4916

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✦ Synopsis


An asymptotic method of analysis of fluctuations in systems far from equilibrium is developed. A systematic singular perturbative expansion of the equation for the generating function is set up, using as smallness parameter the inverse of the size of the system. Static and time-dependent properties are analysed before, near and at a bifurcation point, both for homogeneous and inhomogeneous fluctuations. The connection with critical phenomena near equilibrium is also discussed.