Number of hours
- Tutorials 22.5
ECTS
ECTS 3.0
Goal(s)
Comprehension of the macroscopic dynamical response in microscopic terms. Comprehension of stochastic and deterministic descriptions of
the time evolution of interacting systems.
Content(s)
Fluctuation dynamics in thermodynamic systems, general properties of correlation functions and time response, relation with transport
phenomena and macroscopic irreversibility, Onsager principle, microscopic stochastic models, descriptions of Langevin and Fokker-Planck,
kinetic theory, Boltzmann equation, anomal diffusion, phase transition dynamics, growth phenomena, KPZ equation.
Prerequisites
Semester 9 - The exam is given in english only
Semester 9 - This course is given in english only
Thermodynamique statistique (Le Bellac et Mortessagne)
Physique statistique hors équilibre (N. Pottier)
Stochastic processes, from Physics to Finance (J. Baschnagel, W. Paul)