Transport Properties in Non-Equilibrium and Anomalous Systems

• Main Author: Villamaina, Dario (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Physical Chemistry.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

The study of fluctuations in statistical physics has a long history, and a general theory is well established, connecting fluctuations to response properties of equilibrium systems. Remarkably, this framework fails as soon as some current is flowing across the system, driving it out of equilibrium....

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Supervisors' Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Non-Equilibrium Steady States
• 3 The Effects of Memory on Response and Entropy Production
• 4 The Motion of a Tracer in a Granular Gas
• 5 Anomalous Transport and Non-Equilibrium
• 6 Conclusions and Perspectives
• Appendices A1 - A4.