Udo Seifert

Stochastic Thermodynamics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces stochastic thermodynamics, including fluctuation theorems and the thermodynamic uncertainty relation with representative applications. It is essential reading for graduate students and researchers from physics and physical chemistry with an interest in non-equilibrium phenomena.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316519554
• ISBN-10: 1316519554
• Artikelnr.: 73328071

Autorenporträt

Udo Seifert is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Stuttgart and one of the pioneers of stochastic thermodynamics. He has published extensively in the areas of statistical physics, biological physics and complex systems, and has taught a graduate level course on stochastic thermodynamics at Stuttgart for several years.

Inhaltsangabe

1. From classical mechanics to statistical mechanics
2. Canonical distribution
3. Processes, first and second laws
4. Work distributions from Hamiltonian trajectories
5. Discrete states: Equilibrium, relaxation and time-dependent driving
6. Enzymes and enzymatic reactions
7. Thermodynamically consistent asymmetric random walk
8. Non-equilibrium steady states
9. Brownian motion
10. Driven colloidal particle
11. Correlation and linear response
12. Molecular motors
13. Chemical reaction networks
14. Active particles
15. Stochastic heat engines
16. Information processing
17. Coarse-graining
18. Langevin dynamics: Advanced topics
19. Large deviations
20. Optimization
Appendix A. Some technical tools for Chapter 1
Appendix B. Hamiltonian dynamics and Liouville's theorem
Appendix C. Isobaric description or 'pressure ensemble'
Appendix D. Legendre transformations
Appendix E. Gaussian random variables and random functions
Appendix F. Supplement on the dynamics for systems with discrete states
Appendix G. Supplement on interacting particles
Appendix H. Local equilibrium and the identification of heat current
Bibliography
Index.