Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Authors’ introduction V
3. Contents IX
4. 1 Phenomenological thermodynamics of irreversible processes 1
5. 2 Brownian motion 61
6. 3 Kinetic equations in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics 77
7. 4 Kinetic equation for electrons and phonons in conducting crystals 135
8. 5 Theory of linear response to an external mechanical perturbation 197
9. 6 Non-equilibrium statistical operator method 249
10. 7 Physical principles of spintronics 321
11. 8 Response of a highly non-equilibrium system to a weak measuring field 381
12. 9 Master equation approach 413
13. Bibliography 429
14. Index 431