Nonequilibrium Fluctuations In Sedimenting And Self-Propelled Systems

Equilibrium statistical mechanics has a remarkable property: the steady state probability distribution can be calculated by a procedure independent of the detailed dynamics of the system under consideration. The partition function contains the complete thermodynamics of the system. The calculation o...

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Main Author: Kumar, K Vijay
Other Authors: Ramaswamy, Sriram
Language:en_US
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/2037
http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/abstracts/2633/G24463-Abs.pdf