Statistical Mechanics and Dynamics of Quasi-stationary States

由多个元素组成的系统通过时间演化达到热平衡。热平衡是热机理论的研究对象，具有重要的应用价值。然而，具有长程相互作用的系统在达到热平衡之前经常被困在所谓的准稳态，因此理解和描述准稳态是很重要的。这项研究为从理论上预测准定态的非平衡统计力学，以及描述此类系统动力学的动力学理论做出了贡献。

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.