Dynamics : models and kinetic methods for non-equilibrium many body systems : [proceedings of the Nato Advanced Study Institute, Leiden, the Netherlands 27 July-8 August 1998

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in the kinetic approach to dynamic many-body problems. Modern kinetic theory offers a unifying theoretical framework within which a great variety of seemingly unrelated systems can be explored in a coherent way. Kinetic methods are currently being applied in such areas as the dynamics of colloidal suspensions, granular material flow, electron transport in mesoscopic systems, the calculation of Lyapunov exponents and other properties of classical many-body systems characterised by chaotic behaviour. The present work focuses on Brownian motion, dynamical systems, granular flows, and quantum kinetic theory. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Dynamics of Colloidal Systems: Beyond the Stochastic Approach....Pages 1-16 Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations of Hydrodynamically Interacting Particles....Pages 17-30 Orientational Relaxation and Brownian Motion....Pages 31-38 Viscosity and Diffusion of Concentrated Hard-Sphere-Like Colloidal Suspensions....Pages 39-64 Interacting Brownian Particles....Pages 65-71 Spinodal Decomposition Kinetics: The Initial and Intermediate Stages....Pages 73-120 Seventeenth Century Dutch Art: A Brief Guide to the Mauritshuis, The Hague, and to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam....Pages 121-129 Kinetic Theory of Dynamical Systems....Pages 131-167 Multifractal Phase-Space Distributions for Stationary Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 169-189 A Model of Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics....Pages 191-199 Statistical Properties of Chaotic Systems in High Dimensions....Pages 201-214 Dynamical Systems and Statistical Mechanics: Lyapunov Exponents and Transport Coefficients....Pages 215-220 Boltzmann and Statistical Mechanics....Pages 221-238 Kinetic Theory of Granular Fluids: Hard and Soft Inelastic Spheres....Pages 239-266 Inelastic Collapse....Pages 267-277 Stationary States in Systems with Dissipative Interactions....Pages 279-295 Motion Along a Rough Inclined Surface....Pages 297-312 Hydraulic Theory for a Granular Heap on an Incline....Pages 313-323 Experimental Studies of Granular Flows....Pages 325-341 Model Kinetic Equations for Rapid Granular Flows....Pages 343-359 Velocity Correlations in Driven Two-Dimensional Granular Media....Pages 361-371 G. E. Uhlenbeck on Paul Ehrenfest....Pages 373-378 Quantum Kinetic Theory: The Disordered Electron Problem....Pages 379-398 Quantum Phase Transitions....Pages 399-424 Scattering, Transport & Stochasticity in Quantum Systems....Pages 425-456 Some Problems of the Kinetic Theory of Mesoscopic Systems....Pages 457-471 Kinetic Theory for Electron Dynamics in Semiconductors and Plasmas....Pages 473-490 Quantum Kinetic Theory of Trapped Atomic Gases....Pages 491-502 Back Matter....Pages 503-516 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Leiden, 27 July-8 August, 1998