Stochastic Processes in Nonequilibrium Systems [electronic resource] : Sitges International School of Statistical Mechanics, June 1978 Sitges, Barcelona/Spain / edited by L. Garrido, P. Seglar, P. J. Shepherd.

An introduction to stochastic processes for physicists -- Stochastic differential equations with non-Markov processes -- Aspects of the theory of brownian motion -- Path-integral methods in Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and statistics -- Synergetios — a field beyond irreversible Thermodynamics -- Computer results on transport properties -- Kinetics of phase transitions -- Stochastic behavior of simple dynamical systems -- Fokker-Planck adescription of a Navier-Stokes fluid with instability -- Operator formalism for continuous Markov processes -- Applications of path integrals -- Functional integral methods for random fields -- Kinetic equations from Hamiltonian dynamics : The Markovian limit -- Boltzmann behaviour of a spatially inhomogeneous gas -- An example of processes in physics that are nonlocal in time : The interdependence of rotational processes in the dynamics of simple fluids -- Stochastic theory for hydrodynamical systems -- Fluctuation spectra near the threshold of a current instability -- Stochastic electrodynamics: Example of a nonlinear stochastic differential equation with a non white noise stochastic force -- Brownian motion in persistent fluctuations (without thermal equilibrium) -- Covariant Wigner-function approach to relativistic quantum statistics -- Stochastic model of current-coupled channels in nerve membranes -- Derivation of stochastic transport equations for systems of interacting Brownian particles -- Thermodynamic instability; oscillations, and modification of nerve synapses -- Discussion of a random-walk model with correlated jumps -- Discussion of a quantum theory of diffusion including memory effects -- The dynamo effect in magnethydrodynamic turbulence -- Dynamical correlations in nonlinear chemical reactions -- A cooperative effect with significance in biological evolution.