Hans L. Pecseli

Fluctuations in Physical Systems

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Produktbeschreibung

This text introduces applied statistical mechanics by considering physically realistic models. After an accessible introduction to theories of thermal fluctuations and diffusion, Hans Pecseli applies them in a variety of physical contexts. The first part of the book is devoted to processes in thermal equilibrium, and considers linear systems. The fluctuation dissipation theorem, Fokker-Planck equations, and the Kramers-Kroenig relations are introduced during the course of the exposition. The scope is then expanded to include nonequilibrium systems and also illustrates simple nonlinear systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 359g
• ISBN-13: 9780521655927
• ISBN-10: 0521655927
• Artikelnr.: 21589667

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Elements of statistical analysis
3. Fluctuations in electric circuits
4. The fluctuation-dissipation theorem
5. The Kramers-Kronig relation
6. Brownian motion
7. Random walk
8. Density fluctuations in gases
9. A reference model
10. Markov processes
11. Diffusion of particles
12. Thermal fluctuations in a diode
13. Fermi-acceleration
Appendix A. The binomial distribution
Appendix B. The Poisson distribution
Appendix C. The gaussian distribution
Appendix D. Dirac's d-function
Appendix E. Physical constants
Appendix F. The MKSA-units.