Nonequilibrium Definition and 13 Threads

Is there a standard way to measure how far a system is displaced from equilibrium that can be applied to all physical systems? So, for example, a ball that is kicked, a spring that is stretched, a liquid that’s heated, and a charged battery are all systems that are displaced from equilibrium. I...

Hey :) Firstly I want to thank everyone who takes their time to read through this post and who tries to help me. So the issue is the following: I wrote a python code that creates a Lindbladian, and I wanted to try to calculate the Greens function using the Lehmann representation. For the...

I am wondering if there is a book with solved example problems I can follow so that I can carry out the following calculation: I have a set of unperturbed electron Green functions $g^{r0},g^{a0},g^{<0},g^{>0}$ and phonon Green functions $d^{r0},d^{a0},d^{<0},d^{>0}$ which are for a central...

Derivation of the Onsager symmetry in many textbooks and papers is as follows: First, assume that the correlation function of two state variables,##a_i## and ##a_j## satifsies for sufficiently small time interval ##t## that $$\langle a_i(t) a_j(0) \rangle = \langle a_i(-t) a_j(0) \rangle =...

Hi, guys I have posted this question on StackExchange, but no one seems to care answer. Because I don't think this is a simple textbook question, I start my thread here: I know this is a big question. But as a graduate student, my research is somehow related to nonequilibrium...

I've started using LaTeX to take notes on Donald Fitts' Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics. After I finish, I intend to use other resources to add more to it. Fitts' book focuses on classical fluid nonequilibrium thermodynamics (i.e. doesn't use statistical mechanics but instead uses continuum...

Recently, the properties of nonequilibrium many-body quantum systems have aroused great curiosity of physicists. Numerous papers have been published about this area. But how do we measure how far the system is from equilibrium states? There are several proposals have been published, for...

A 1450 kg submarine rises straight up toward the surface. Seawater exerts both an upward buoyant force of 16,140 N on the submarine and a downward resistive force of 1030 N.My question: Is the weight of the submarine included in the net force? If the weight is taken into account, is it included...

A fisherman is fishing from a bridge and is using a "32.0-N test line." In other words, the line will sustain a maximum force of 32.0 N without breaking. What is the weight of the heaviest fish that can be pulled up vertically, when the line is reeled in with an acceleration whose magnitude is...

Can somebody give an example of nonequilibrium torque and how to go about doing calculations for it? So, for example, for an EQUILIBRIUM problem if you have an aircraft moving with constant velocity there's a drag force in one horizontal direction and a tension opposing it 2 m below the center...

help about the Nonequilibrium Green's Function in H. Haug and A.-P. Jauho Book Quantum kinetics in transport and Optics of Semiconductors Eq.(4.31) C^r(t,t')=A^<(t,t')B^r(t,t')+A^r(t,t')B^<(t,t')+A^r(t,t')B^r(t,t') I can not derive this equation, my result has a extra term \theta(t-t') i.e...

I along with a buddy of mine in the same course have been trying to figure out the following question. We spent at least an hour and a half to two hours and nothing makes sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here's the question as it's written: One way to measure the acceleration...

A 292 kg motor cycle is accelerating up along a ramp that is inclined 30.0 degrees above the horizontal. The propulsion force pushing the motorcycle up the ramp is 3150 N, and air resistance produces a force of 250 N that opposes the motion. Find the magnitude of the motorcycle's acceleration.