Dynamics: Models and Kinetic Methods for Non-equilibrium Many Body Systems

Preface. 1: Brownian Motion. Dynamics of colloidal systems: beyond the stochastic approach; L. Bocquet, J.P. Hansen. Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of hydrodynamically interacting particles; A.J.C. Ladd. Orientational relaxation and Brownian motion; B.U. Felderhof, R.B. Jones. Viscosity and diffusion of concentrated hard-sphere-like colloidal suspensions; R. Verberg, et al. Interacting Brownian particles; B. Cichocki. Spinodal decomposition kinetics: the initial and intermediate stages; J.K.G. Dhont. First Interlude. Seventeenth century Dutch art: a brief guide to the Mauritshuis, The Hague, and to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; J.R. Dorfman. 2: Dynamical Systems. Kinetic Theory of Dynamical Systems; R. van Zon, et al. Multifractal phase-space distributions for stationary nonequilibrium systems; H.A. Posch, et al. A model of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics; J. Piasecki, Y.G. Sinai. Statistical properties of chaotic systems in high dimensions; N. Chernov. Dynamical systems and statistical mechanics: Lyapunov exponents and transport coefficients; E.G.D. Cohen. Second Interlude. Boltzmann and statistical mechanics; E.G.D. Cohen. 3: Granular Flows. Kinetic theory of granular fluids: hard and soft inelastic spheres; M.H. Ernst. Inelastic collapse; S. McNamara. Stationary states in systems with dissipative interactions; J. Piasecki. Motion along a rough inclined surface; A. Hansen. Hydraulic theory for a granular heap on an incline; J.T. Jenkins. Experimental studies of granular flows; J.M. Huntley, R.D. Wildman. Model kinetic equations for rapid granular flows; J.J. Brey. Velocity correlations in driven two-dimensional granular media; C. Bizon, et al. Third Interlude. G.E. Uhlenbeck on Paul Ehrenfest; E.G.D. Cohen. 4: Quantum Kinetic Theory. Quantum kinetic theory: the disordered electron problem; T.R. Kirkpatrick, D. Belitz. Quantum phase transitions; D. Belitz, T.R. Kirkpatrick. Scattering, transport & Stochasticity in quantum systems; P. Gaspard. Some problems