Dynamical Systems and Irreversibility Proceedingsof the XXI Solvay Conference on Physics, Volume 122

by Antoniou, Ioannis; Prigogine, Ilya; Rice, Stuart A.

• ISBN13: 9780471222910
• ISBN10: 0471222917
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-22
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

Leading research, perspectives, and analysis of dynamical systems and irreversibility Edited by Nobel Prize winner Ilya Prigogine and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, the Advances in Chemical Physics series provides a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations in every area of the discipline. In a format that encourages the expression of individual points of view, experts in the field present comprehensive analyses of subjects of interest. Volume 122 collects papers from the XXI Solvay Conference on Physics, dedicated to the exploration of "Dynamical Systems and Irreversibility." Ioannis Antoniou, Deputy Director of the International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, edits and assembles this cutting-edge research, including articles such as "Non-Markovian Effects in the Standard Map," "Harmonic Analysis of Unstable Systems," "Age and Age Fluctuations in an Unstable Quantum System," and discussion of many more subjects. Advances in Chemical Physics remains the premier venue for presentations of new findings in its field.

Author Biography

L. Accardi, Centro Vito Volterra, Polymathematics, Facolta di Economia, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Y. Aizawa, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan I. Antoniou, International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; and Theoretische Natuurkunde, Free University of Brussels, Belgium F. T. Arecchi, Department of Physics, University of Florence, Italy; and National Institute of Applied Optics (INOA), Italy R. Balescu, Department of Physical Statistics-Plasma, Free University of Brussels, Belgium A. Bohm, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin. Luis J. Boya, Center for Particle Physics, Department of Physics, The University of Texas, Austin. Pierre Gaspard, Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Karl Gustafson, Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder; and International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, University of Brussels, Belgium Hiroshi H. Hasegawa, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan; and Center for Statistical Mechanics, University of Texas, Austin Kunihiko Kaneko, Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan E. Karpov, Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, University of Texas, Austin. and International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Belgium S. V. Kozyrev, Centro Vito Volterra, Polymathematics, Facolta di Economia, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Mikio Namiki, Department of Physics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan G. Ordonez, Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, University of Texas, Austin; and International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Belgium T. Petrosky, Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.; International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Belgium; and Theoretical Physics Department, University of Vrije, Brussels, Belgium I. Prigogine, Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, The University of Texas; and International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Z. Suchanecki, International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Free University of Brussels, Belgium; Theoretische Natuurkunde, Free University of Brussels, Belgium; and Institute of Mathematics, University of Opole, Poland E. C. G. Sudarshan, Center for Particle Physics, Department of Physics, The University of Texas, Austin. P. Szepfalusy, Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary; and Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary S. Tasaki, Department of Physics, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan; and Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan: H. Walther, Sektion Physik der Universitat Munchen and Max Planck Institut fur Quantenoptik, Garching, Federal Republic of Germany

Table of Contents

Administrative Board of the International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry.

Scientific Committee for Physics of the International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry.

The Solvay Conferences in Physics.

Preface.

Openining Speech by J