Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Processes (Vol. 2: Relaxation and Hydrodynamic Processes) (v. 2)

The second part of a two-volume textbook on the modern statistical theory of nonequilibrium processes. The general method of nonequilibrium statistical ensembles developed in the first volume is applied to different problems in transport theory, relaxation phenomena, hydrodynamics, and the dynamical theory of fluctuations. Exercises and problems for readers are also included.The book is aimed at students who ha ve undergone the standard course in statistical physics. and night also be of interest for specialists working in solid state physics, chemical physics, and physics of plasma and fluids.