A journey around the different scales involved in the description of matter and complex systems : a brief overview with special emphasis on kinetic theory approaches /: a brief overview with special emphasis on kinetic theory approaches. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francisco Chinesta, Emmanuelle Abisset-Chavanne.
• Authors: Chinesta, Francisco; Abisset-Chavanne, Emmanuelle
• Contents: 1 The Schrödinger equation -- 1.1 The history of quantum mechanics in small bits -- 1.2 Planck versus the ultraviolet catastrophe -- 1.3 An intuitive approach to the Schrödinger equation -- 1.4 The Feynman approach -- 1.5 The Schrödinger equation -- 1.6 Relations between position and momentum wavefunctions -- 1.7 Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- 1.8 Observable and its time evolution -- 1.9 The Hellmann-Feynman theorem -- 1.10 The Pauli exclusion principle -- 1.11 On the numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation -- 2 Ab-initio calculations -- 2.1 The Hartree-Fock description -- 2.2 Density Functional Theory -- 2.3 Concluding remarks on the quantum scale -- 3 Coarse-grained descriptions -- 3.1 Molecular dynamics -- 3.2 Brownian dynamics -- 4 Kinetic theory models. 4.1 Motivation -- 4.2 Kinetic theory description of simple liquids and gases -- 4.3 Complex fluids -- 4.4 The Chemical Master Equation -- References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 530.136; Engineering; Kinetic theory of matter; Computational complexity; System theory; SCIENCE -- Energy; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; Computational complexity; Kinetic theory of matter; System theory; Science -- Quantum Theory; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Testing of materials; Mechanics, applied; Quantum theory; Surfaces (Physics); Technology & Engineering -- Mechanical; Mechanics of solids; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319700014; 3319700014
• Related ISBNs: 3319700006; 9783319700007
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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