Stochastic Processes in Nonequilibrium Systems

An introduction to stochastic processes for physicists....Pages 1-23
Stochastic differential equations with non-Markov processes....Pages 24-52
Aspects of the theory of brownian motion....Pages 53-81
Path-integral methods in Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and statistics....Pages 82-138
Synergetios — a field beyond irreversible Thermodynamics....Pages 139-167
Computer results on transport properties....Pages 168-209
Kinetics of phase transitions....Pages 210-234
Stochastic behavior of simple dynamical systems....Pages 235-277
Fokker-Planck adescription of a Navier-Stokes fluid with instability....Pages 280-286
Operator formalism for continuous Markov processes....Pages 287-299
Applications of path integrals....Pages 300-315
Functional integral methods for random fields....Pages 316-329
Kinetic equations from Hamiltonian dynamics : The Markovian limit....Pages 330-335
Boltzmann behaviour of a spatially inhomogeneous gas....Pages 336-337
An example of processes in physics that are nonlocal in time : The interdependence of rotational processes in the dynamics of simple fluids....Pages 337-337
Stochastic theory for hydrodynamical systems....Pages 338-338
Fluctuation spectra near the threshold of a current instability....Pages 339-339
Stochastic electrodynamics: Example of a nonlinear stochastic differential equation with a non white noise stochastic force....Pages 340-341
Brownian motion in persistent fluctuations (without thermal equilibrium)....Pages 341-341
Covariant Wigner-function approach to relativistic quantum statistics....Pages 342-342
Stochastic model of current-coupled channels in nerve membranes....Pages 343-344
Derivation of stochastic transport equations for systems of interacting Brownian particles....Pages 344-344
Thermodynamic instability; oscillations, and modification of nerve synapses....Pages 345-345
Discussion of a random-walk model with correlated jumps....Pages 346-346
Discussion of a quantum theory of diffusion including memory effects....Pages 347-347
The dynamo effect in magnethydrodynamic turbulence....Pages 348-348
Dynamical correlations in nonlinear chemical reactions....Pages 349-349
A cooperative effect with significance in biological evolution....Pages 350-352