2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Statistical Mechanics and Dynamics of Quasi-stationary States
| Project/Area Number |
19760052
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Engineering fundamentals
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAGUCHI Yoshiyuki Kyoto University, 大学院・情報学研究科, 助教 (40314257)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 準定常状態 / 統計力学 / 運動論 |
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| Research Abstract |
A system consisting of many elements goes to thermal equilibrium by temporal evolution. Thermal equilibrium is an object of theories for heat engines, and hence it is important for applications. However, a system with long-range interactions is frequently trapped at so-called a quasi-stationary state before reaching thermal equilibrium, and hence it is important to understand and describe the quasi-stationary states. This research project gives contribution to a nonequilibrium statistical mechanics for predicting the quasi-stationary states theoretically, and to a kinetic theory for describing dynamics of such a system.
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