Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilbrium Liquids

Abstract

[2nd ed.]. "There is a symbiotic relationship between theoretical nonequilibrium statistical mechanics on the one hand and the theory and practice of computer simulation on the other. Sometimes, the initiative for progress has been with the pragmatic requirements of computer simulation and at other times, the initiative has been with the fundamental theory of nonequilibrium processes. This book summarises progress in this field up to 1990"--Publisher's description. Introduction -- Linear irreversible thermodynamics -- The microscopic connection -- The Green Kubo relations -- Linear response theory -- Computer simulation algorithms -- Nonlinear response theory -- Time dependent response theory -- Steady state fluctuations -- Towards a thermodynamics of steady states.