Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. The authors’ note v
3. Contents ix
4. 1 Phenomenological thermodynamics of irreversible processes 1
5. 2 Brownian Motion 59
6. 3 Kinetic equations in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics 74
7. 4 Kinetic equation for electrons and phonons in conducting crystals 129
8. 5 Theory of linear response to an external mechanical perturbation 189
9. 6 Non-equilibrium statistical operator method 238
10. 7 Response of a highly non-equilibrium system to a weak measuring field 307
11. 8 Master equation approach 338
12. Bibliography 353
13. Index 355