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Collective variables and dissipation

Description

This course is an introduction to some basic concepts of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. We put stress on the relevant entropy associated to a set of collective variables, on the meaning of the projection method in Liouville space and its use to establish equations of motion for these variables, and on the interpretation of dissipation in the framework of information theory

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Abstract (French)

Ce cours est une introduction a quelques concepts de base de mecanique statistique hors d'equilibre. L'accent est mis sur l'entropie relative a un ensemble de variables collectives, sur le sens de la methode de projection dans l'espace de Liouville et son emploi pour etablir les equations du mouvement de ces variables, et sur l'interpretation de la dissipation dans le cadre de la theorie de l'information

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Additional titles

Original title (French)
Variables collectives et dissipation

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
33 p.
Report number
CEA-CONF--7367

Conference

Title
Conference on mathematic methods of nuclear physics.
Dates
26-29 Jun 1984.
Place
Paris (France).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
SPhT--84-85.