Dissipative Phenomena in Condensed Matter: Some Applications

From the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics, this graduate- and research-level volume treats the modeling and characterization of dissipative phenomena. A variety of examples from diverse disciplines like condensed matter physics, materials science, metallurgy, chemical physics etc. are discussed. Dattagupta employs the broad framework of shastic processes and master equation techniques to obtain models for a wide range of experimentally relevant phenomena such as classical and qua...