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From the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics, this graduate- and research-level volume treats the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines like condensed matter physics, materials science, metallurgy, chemical physics etc. are discussed. Dattagupta employs the broad framework of stochastic processes and master equation techniques to obtain models for a wide range of experimentally relevant phenomena such as classical and quantum Brownian motion, spin dynamics, kinetics of phase ordering, relaxation in glasses, dissipative tunneling. It provides a pedagogical exposition of current research material and will be useful to experimentalists, computational physicists and theorists.

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Author:   Sushanta Dattagupta ,  Sanjay Puri
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Volume:   71
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.504kg
ISBN:  

9783642057991

ISBN 10:   3642057993
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Diffusion Processes.- 2 Kinetic Ising Models.- 3 An Overview of Phase Ordering Dynamics.- 4 Domain Growth in Systems with Quenched Disorder.- 5 Surface-Directed Spinodal Decomposition and Surface Enrichment.- 6 Phase Ordering Dynamics in the Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation.- 7 Quantum Dissipative Systems.- 8 Dissipative Two-State Systems.- 9 Quantum Diffusion.- 10 Coherence and Decoherence.- References.

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From the reviews: A reference and text, this book treats the broadly applicable area of nonequilibrium statistical physics and concentrates the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines ! are discussed. ! This book will serve as a graduate/research level textbook since it offers considerable utility to experimentalists, computational physicists and theorists. (Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie, Issue: 11, 2004)

From the reviews: A reference and text, this book treats the broadly applicable area of nonequilibrium statistical physics and concentrates the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines ... are discussed. ... This book will serve as a graduate/research level textbook since it offers considerable utility to experimentalists, computational physicists and theorists. (Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie, Issue: 11, 2004)

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