[DOWNLOAD] "Non-Dissipative Effects in Nonequilibrium Systems" by Christian Maes ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Non-Dissipative Effects in Nonequilibrium Systems
- Author : Christian Maes
- Release Date : January 20, 2017
- Genre: Physics,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1397 KB
Description
This book introduces and discusses both the fundamental aspects and the measurability of applications of time-symmetric kinetic quantities, outlining the features that constitute the non-dissipative branch of non-equilibrium physics.
These specific features of non-equilibrium dynamics have largely been ignored in standard statistical mechanics texts. This introductory-level book offers novel material that does not take the traditional line of extending standard thermodynamics to the irreversible domain.
It shows that although stationary dissipation is essentially equivalent with steady non-equilibrium and ubiquitous in complex phenomena, non-equilibrium is not determined solely by the time-antisymmetric sector of energy-entropy considerations. While this should not be very surprising, this book provides timely, simple reminders of the role of time-symmetric and kinetic aspects in the construction of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.