Colloquium March 27
Date: Friday, March 27
Time: 16:00 to 17:00
Place: 455 McBryde (Commons Room)
Speaker: Larry Thomas of UVA
Title: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics for non-experts
Abstract: What is equilibrium statistical mechanics, and what is non-equilibrium statistical mechanics? We will discuss a current approach to understanding stationary states in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. We will consider two examples; a system of stochastic differential equations for coupled oscillators, and a stochastic wave equation. Stationary states for these examples exhibit steady state energy flow.
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