Statistical Theory of Open Systems Volume 1: A Unified Approach to Kinetic Description of Processes in Active Systems

Let us begin by quoting from the Preface to the author's Statistical Physics (Moscow, Nauka 1982; also published in English by Harwood in 1986): '''My God! Yet another book on statistical physics! There's no room on my bookshelves left!' Such emotionsare quite understan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klimontovich, Yu.L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
Series:Fundamental Theories of Physics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2. Dynamic and Statistical Description of Processes in Macroscopic Systems
  • 3. Statistical Theory of Equilibrium State
  • 4. Distributions of Functions of Dynamic Variables. Fluctuations of Internal Parameters
  • 5. Methods of Distribution Functions and Microscopic Phase Density
  • 6. Boltzmann Kinetic Equation
  • 7. From BBGKY Equations to Kinetic Equations for Boltzmann Gas
  • 8. Kinetic Theory of Nonideal Gas
  • 9. Kinetic Theory of Fluctuations
  • 10. Langevin Method in Kinetic Theory of Fluctuations
  • 11. From Kinetic Boltzmann Equation to Equations of Gas Dynamics
  • 12. Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Irreversible Processes
  • 13. Unified Description of Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Processes
  • 14. Transition from Generalized Kinetic Equation to Equations of Gas Dynamics
  • 15. Nonlinear Brownian Motion
  • 16. Examples of Nonlinear Brownian Motion
  • 17. Nonlinear Brownian Motion. Unified Description of Kinetic, Hydrodynamic and Diffusion Processes
  • 18. Kinetic Theory of Active Media
  • 19. Kinetic Theory of Fluctuations in Active Media
  • 20. Anomalous Brownian Motion. Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Natural Flicker Noise and Residual Time Correlations
  • 21. Criteria of Self-Organization
  • 22. Turbulent Motion. Kinetic Description of Turbulence
  • 23. Bridge from Classical Statistical Theory of Open Systems to Quantum Theory
  • Conclusion
  • References