Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Heterogeneous Fluid Systems

Andrei G. Bashkirov

PrefaceZubarev Method of Nonequilibrium Statistical OperatorContracted Description of a Statistical SystemQuasiequilibrium Distribution FunctionNonequilibrium Distribution FunctionTransport Phenomena at Interfaces and the Problem of Boundary Conditions in HydrodynamicsIntroductionGeometric Description of the Surface Local Equilibrium DistributionGibbs Adsorption EquationConservation LawsEquations of Ideal HydrodynamicsNonequilibrium Distribution FunctionTransport Equations for Surface FilmsMotion Equations for Excess QuantitiesThe Problem of Boundary Conditions in HydrodynamicsTheory of Capillary Waves DampingShock Waves in Gases as Interface SurfacesIntroductionThe Jump Conditions on Curved DiscontinuitiesEstimation of the Surface Tension CoefficientEquations for Small DisturbancesShock Wave Stability AnalysisNucleation Theory: Fluctuations of Diffusion Flow across the Interface BoundaryIntroductionTotal Nonequilibrium Distribution FunctionNucleation Kinetic EquationNucleation CoefficientEntropy ProductionSecond Quantization ApproachNonisothermal Nucleation TheoryThe Model ExampleBrownian Motion: Momentum Flow Fluctuations on Interphase BoundaryIntroductionMicroscopic Description of the System of Brownian Particle and FluidDerivation of the Kinetic EquationBoundary Conditions on the Surface of the Large ParticleCalculation of the Average Force and the Drag CoefficientBrownian Diffusion of Large Particle in Inhomogeneous FluidOn a Limitation of the TheoryDerivation of the Fokker-Planck Equation for the Point Brownian ParticleKirkwood Friction CoefficientDiffusion of the Point ParticleBrownian Motion of N Spheres in Inhomogeneous FluidsIntroductionThe N-Particle Fokker-Planck EquationThe Smoluchowski EquationBrownian Diffusion of Suspended ParticlesConvective Diffusion of Partic