Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this advanced graduate course on the principles and methods of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Core topics include stochastic processes, regression and response theory, molecular hydrodynamics, and complex liquids. Selected applications extend the theory to fluctuation theorems, condensed phase reaction rate theory, electron transfer dynamics, enzymatic networks, photon counting statistics, single molecule kinetics, and reaction-controlled diffusion. The course is aimed at students who already have a background in equilibrium statistical mechanics and want to move into the dynamics of systems away from equilibrium. Materials are drawn from MIT's OpenCourseWare archive under its standard open license, making lecture notes and problem sets freely available for self-study, though no instructor feedback or formal certificate accompanies the materials.