Diffusion : formalism and applications / Sushanta Dattagupta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dattagupta, S. (Sushanta), 1947, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Condensed matter.

Correlation (Statistics).

Energy dissipation.

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within a unifying framework, Diffusion: Formalism and Applications covers both classical and quantum domains, along with numerous applications. The author explores the more than two centuries-old history of diffusion, expertly weaving together a variety of topics from physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. The book examines the two distinct paradigms of diffusion-physical and stochastic-introduced by Fourier and Laplace and later unified by Einstein in his groundbreaking work on Brownian motion. The author describes the role of diffusion in probability

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Introduction to Brownian Motion; Chapter 2: Markov Processes; Chapter 3: Gaussian Processes; Chapter 4: Langevin Equations; Chapter 5: Fokker-Planck Equation; Chapter 6: Jump Diffusion; Chapter 7: Random Walk and Anomalous Diffusion; Chapter 8: Spectroscopic Structure Factor; Chapter 9: Rotational Diffusion of Molecules; Chapter 10: Order Parameter Diffusion; Chapter 11: Diffusion of Rapidly Driven Systems; Chapter 12: Quantum Langevin Equations; Chapter 13: Path Integral Treatment of Quantum Diffusion

Chapter 14: Quantum Continuous Time Random Walk ModelChapter 15: Quantum Jump Models; Chapter 16: Quantum Diffusion: Decoherence and Localization; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2013).

ISBN:

9781040158319

1040158315

9780429066443

0429066449

9781439895573

1439895570

OCLC:

862372412