Dynamics Models and Kinetic Methods for Non-equilibrium Many Body Systems [Hardcover]

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in the kinetic approach to dynamic many-body problems. Modern kinetic theory offers a unifying theoretical framework within which a great variety of seemingly unrelated systems can be explored in a coherent way. Kinetic methods are currently being applied in such areas as the dynamics of colloidal suspensions, granular material flow, electron transport in mesoscopic systems, the calculation of Lyapunov exponents and other properties of classical many-body systems characterised by chaotic behaviour. The present work focuses on Brownian motion, dynamical systems, granular flows, and quantum kinetic theory.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Leiden, 27 July-8 August, 1998Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in the kinetic approach to dynamic many-body problems. Modern kinetic theory offers a unifying theoretical framework within which a great variety of seemingly unrelated systems can be explored in a coherent way. Kinetic methods are currently being applied in such areas as the dynamics of colloidal suspensions, granular material flow, electron transport in mesoscopic systems, the calculation of Lyapunov exponents and other properties of classical many-body systems characterised by chaotic behaviour. The present work focuses on Brownian motion, dynamical systems, granular flows, and quantum kinetic theory.Preface. 1: Brownian Motion. Dynamics of colloidal systems: beyond the stochastic approach; L. Bocquet, J.P. Hansen. Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of hydrodynamically interacting particles; A.J.C. Ladd. Orientational relaxation and Brownian motion; B.U. Felderhof, R.B. Jones. Viscosity and diffusion of concentrated hard-sphere-like colloidal suspensions; R. Verberg, et al. Interacting Brownian particles; B. Cichocki. Spinodal decomposition kinetics: the initial and intermediate stages; J.K.G. Dhont. First Interlude. Seventeenth century Dutch art: a brief guide to the MauritlÃ