Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Liquids

✍ Scribed by Denis J. Evans, Gary P. Morriss, D. P. Craig and R. McWeeny (Auth.)

• Publisher: Australian National University E Press
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 306
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

During the 1980's there were many developments regarding the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of dense classical atomic fluids. These developments have had a major impact on the computer simulation methods used to model nonequilibrium fluids. The present volume is, in part, an attempt to provide a pedagogical discussion of the statistical mechanical justification of these algorithms. There is a symbiotic relationship between theoretical nonequilibrium statistical mechanics on the one hand and the theory and practice of computer simulation on the other. Sometimes, the initiative for progress has been with the pragmatic requirements of computer simulation and at other times, the initiative has been with the fundamental theory of nonequilibrium processes. This book summarises progress in this field up to 1990

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY: A Series of Monographs, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages v-vi
List of Symbols, Pages xi-xiii
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-10
2 - Linear Irreversible Thermodynamics, Pages 11-32
3 - The Microscopic Connection, Pages 33-76
4 - The Green–Kubo relations, Pages 77-93
5 - Linear Response Theory, Pages 95-119
6 - Computer Simulation Algorithms, Pages 121-168
7 - Nonlinear Response Theory, Pages 169-211
8 - Time Dependent Response Theory, Pages 213-233
9 - Steady-State Fluctuations, Pages 235-250
10 - Towards a Thermodynamics of Steady States, Pages 251-296
Index, Pages 297-302