Non-Dissipative Effects in Nonequilibrium Systems

by Christian Maes

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319677798
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	09/22/2017
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Complexity
Edition description:	1st ed. 2018
Pages:	53
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introductory Comments.- (Non-)dissipative effects?.- On the stationary distribution.- Transport properties.- Response.- Frenetic bounds to dissipation rates.- Symmetry breaking.- Frenometry.- Conclusions.