Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Linear irreversible thermodynamics; 3. The microscopic connection; 4. The Green–Kubo relations; 5. Linear response theory; 6. Computer simulation algorithms; 7. Nonlinear response theory; 8. Dynamical stability; 9. Nonequilibrium fluctuations; 10. Thermodynamics of steady states; References; Index.

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Graduate-level book on the analysis of molecular dynamics as applied to equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems.

About the Author

Denis Evans is Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the Australian National University (ANU), Dean of the Research School of Chemistry and Convenor of the ANU College of Science. He has won several prizes, including the Moyal Medal, Macquarie University, for distinguished contributions to mathematics, physics or statistics, the Centenary Medal from the Australian government, and the H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Gary Morriss is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a member of the American Physical Society. His research areas include non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and dynamical systems.