Statistical Mechanics and Stochastic Thermodynamics A Textbook on Modern Approaches in and out of Equilibrium

by Limmer, David T.

• ISBN13: 9780198919858
• ISBN10: 0198919859
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-11-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

David T. Limmer, Professor, University of California, Berkeley

David T. Limmer graduated from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 2008 with a BS in chemical engineering. He received his Ph. D in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013, and was a fellow of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Chemistry from 2013 to 2016. He is currently Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an Alfred P. Sloan fellow and Heising-Simons Fellow of the Kavli Foundation and won the Department of Energy Early Career Award in 2019. Dr Limmer is a Research Scientist in the Chemical and Material Sciences divisions of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Table of Contents

1. Fundamental postulates and definitions
2. Ideal systems, chemical and mass equilibrium
3. Linear response and Gaussian field theories
4. Phase transitions and symmetry breaking
5. Monte Carlo methods
6. Time dependence near equilibrium
7. Irreversibility and dynamical response
8. Chemical kinetics and rare events
9. Large deviations from equilibrium
10. Molecular dynamics simulations