While systems at equilibrium are treated in a unified manner through the partition function formalism, the statistical physics of out-of-equilibrium systems covers a large variety of situations that are often without apparent connection. This book proposes a unified perspective on the whole set of systems near equilibrium: it brings out the profound unity of the laws which govern them and gathers together a large number of results usually fragmented in the literature. The reader will find in this book a pedagogical account of the fundamental results: physical origins of irreversibility, fluctuation-dissipation theorem, Boltzmann equation, linear response, Onsager relations, transport phenomena, Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations. The book's comprehensive organization makes it valuable both as a textbook about irreversible phenomena and as a reference book for researchers.
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Its strength no doubt lies in showing how a large variety of subjects close to experimental interest are connected to a basis of fundamental statistical physics ... an excellent book that is likely to keep its value when fashion changes. * Henk Hilhorst, Université Paris-Sud * An extremely thorough, complete and well written reference on all well established aspects of nonequilibrium statistical physics and corresponding linear irreversible processes. The book grew out of lectures given over many years at the graduate level in Paris, and is very pedagogical, providing cases and easily accessible knowledge in well written chapters. * Hubert Saleur, University of Southern California * The book is of high quality. It covers the important theoretical points and many interesting and important applications. * Robert Mazo, University of Oregon *
1. Random variables and random processes2. Linear thermodynamics of irreversible processes3. Statistical description of out-of-equilibrium systems4. Classical systems: reduced distribution functions5. The Boltzmann equation6. Transport coefficients7. From the Boltzmann equation to the hydrodynamic equations8. The Bloch-Boltzmann theory of electronic transport9. Master equations10. Brownian motion: the Langevin model11. Brownian motion: the Fokker-Planck equation12. Linear responses and equilibrium correlations13. General linear response theory14. The fluctuation-dissipation theorem15. Quantum theory of electronic transport16. Thermal transport coefficients
Graduate from École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1969. Ph.D. Thesis in Solid State Physics, University of Paris, 1970. 1969: Assistant Professor (maītre de conférences), University Paris Diderot. 1988: Associate Professor (professeur de seconde classe), University Paris Diderot. 1993: Full professor (premičre classe), University Paris Diderot. 2006-present: Full professor (classe exceptionnelle), University Paris Diderot.
