Title: Dynamics of dissipation
Description: This collection of lectures treats the dynamics of open systems with a strong emphasis on dissipation phenomena related to dynamical chaos. This research area is very broad, covering topics such as nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, environment-system coupling (decoherence) and applications of Markov semi-groups to name but a few. The book addresses not only experienced researchers in the field but also nonspecialists from related areas of research, postgraduate students wishing to enter the field and lecturers searching for advanced textbook material.
Subjects: Open systems (Physics), Chaotic behavior in systems, Energy dissipation, Thermodynamics, Physics, Differentiable dynamical systems, Dynamical Systems and Complexity Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory