Transporttheorie
Transport Theory
Eine Vorlesung an der TU
Dresden, Sommersemester 1997
Lectures at Dresden University of Technology, summer 1997
Abstract
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Instructor
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Jochen Rau
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Audience
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advanced physics students
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Prerequisites
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classical mechanics, quantum theory, statistical mechanics
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Goal
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to provide mathematical tools for the description of nonequilibrium phenomena
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Keywords
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probability theory; review of statistical mechanics; beyond equilibrium:
the transition from microscopic dynamics to macroscopic transport; projection
techniques, approximations; the importance of time scales; examples: Langevin-,
Robertson-, rate-, quantum Boltzmann-equation
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Length
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14 lectures (a` 90 min.)
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Questions & Comments
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Literature
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R. Balian, From Microphysics to Macrophysics, Vols. I and II, Springer-Verlag
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E. Fick and G. Sauermann, The Quantum Statistics of Dynamic Processes,
Springer-Verlag
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E. T. Jaynes, Papers on Probability, Statistics and Statistical Physics,
Kluwer Academic; edited by R. D. Rosenkrantz
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J. Rau and B. Müller, From Reversible Quantum Microdynamics to
Irreversible Quantum Transport, Physics Reports 272, 1 (1996)
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