Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics. Instructor: Professor V. Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras. Thermal fluctuations, Langevin dynamics, Brownian motion and diffusion, Fokker-Planck equations, linear response theory, fluctuation-dissipation relations, the Boltzmann equation, critical phenomena, scaling and critical exponents. (from nptel.ac.in)
| Lecture 35 - Critical Phenomena (Part 7) |
Time-dependent Landau-Ginzburg equation. Langevin equation for the order parameter. Fokker-Planck equation for configuration probability. Linearised LE and relaxation to equilibrium. Critical slowing down. Dynamic scaling hypothesis.
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