A Krapivsky, Pavel L. creator Redner, Sidney 1951- Ben-Naim, E. (Eli) text bibliography enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xv, 488 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. "Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-equilibrium statistical physics. It focuses on the development and application of theoretical methods to help students develop their problem-solving skills. The book begins with microscopic transport processes: diffusion, collision-driven phenomena, and exclusion. It then presents the kinetics of aggregation, fragmentation and adsorption, where the basic phenomenology and solution techniques are emphasized. The following chapters cover kinetic spin systems, both from a discrete and a continuum perspective, the role of disorder in non-equilibrium processes, hysteresis from the non-equilibrium perspective, the kinetics of chemical reactions, and the properties of complex networks. The book contains 200 exercises to test students' understanding of the subject. A link to a website hosted by the authors, containing supplementary material including solutions to some of the exercises, can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521851039"--Provided by publisher. Aperitifs -- Diffusion -- Collisions -- Exclusion -- Aggregation -- Fragmentation -- Adsorption -- Spin dynamics -- Coarsening -- Disorder -- Hysteresis -- Population dynamics -- Diffusive reactions -- Complex networks. Pavel L. Krapivsky, Sidney Redner, Eli Ben-Naim. Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-482) and index. Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics Statistical physics QC174.86.N65 K73 2010 530.13 KRK 9780521851039 0521851033 2010033852 DLC 100809 20140916105435.0 9041712