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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics"”.
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Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of inhomogeneous systems.
Thesis. 1978. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemistry.
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Applications of quantum field theoretical methods to some problems in the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of conductors
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 1978
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Microscopic Chaos, Fractals, and Transport in Nonequilibrium Steady States. - (Die Veröffentlichung einer ergänzten und überarbeiteten Version bei "World Scientific Publishing" ist für 2005/06 geplant.)
A fundamental challenge is to understand nonequilibrium statistical mechanics starting from microscopic chaos in the equations of motion of a many-particle system. In this thesis we summarize recent theoretical advances along these lines. We focus on two different approaches to nonequilibrium …
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Stochastic Surface Growth
Growth phenomena constitute an important field in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. Kardar, Parisi, and Zhang (KPZ) in 1986 proposed a continuum theory for local stochastic growth predicting scale invariance with universal exponents and limiting distributions. For a special, exactly solvable …
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Extracting Equilibrium From Nonequilibrium: Free Energy Calculation From Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations
… the theory of fluctuations (commonly known as nonequilibrium statistical mechanics) is indispensable for understanding the results of these experiments and simulations. This thesis explores the issue of calculating potentials of mean force (an equilibrium property) from steered molecular …
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Statistical physics of biological self-organization : case studies in protein folding and adaptation to time-varying fields
In this thesis, we use the methods of statistical physics to provide quantitative insights into the behavior of biological systems. In the first half of the thesis, we use equilibrium statistical physics to develop a phenomenological model of how the hydrophobic effect impacts the structure of …
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Avalanches in plastic deformation: maximum velocity statistics, finite temperature effects, and analysis of low time resolution data
… We highlight several generic predictions for how statistical observables scale with temperature. Finally, we use the simple avalanche model to study how experimental avalanche measurements are influenced by the time resolution of the data. Using both experimental data and simulation data from the …
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Geometric and Topological Aspects of Soft & Active Matter
… fail. I begin with the problem of kirigami mechanics, i.e., designing a pattern of holes in a thin elastic sheet to engineer a specific mechanical response. Using an electrostatic analogy, I show that holes act as sources of geometric incompatibility, a feature that can fruitfully guide …