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Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement No. 184



Frontiers in Nonequilibrium Physics
Fundamental Theory, Glassy & Granular Materials,
and Computational Physics


Proceedings of the Yukawa International Seminar 2009 (YKIS2009)

Ed. by H. Hayakawa and H. Wada

This volume of the Supplement is devoted to the proceedings of the 17th Yukawa International Seminar (YKIS) Workshop and Symposium; that is, the long-term workshop on "Frontiers in Nonequilibrium Physics — Fundamental Theory, Glassy & Granular Materials, and Computational Physics — " held at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP) in Kyoto, for 5 weeks from July 21 to August 21, 2009, including the YKIS Symposium on the same title held on July 31 and August 1, 2009.

Needless to say, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics is one of the most fundamental issues in physics, in which the framework itself has not been established. Nevertheless, there exist remarkable progresses in this field in the last 20 years. The editors believe that this volume is the best one to researchers and graduate students to know the current frontiers in the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. The volume covers five topics of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, granular physics, physics of glass transition, fundamental aspects of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, computational statistical mechanics and quantum nonequilibrium physics.

This volume contains 43 papers written for invited talks given in the workshop. However, some of the papers are completely original ones whose subjects are a little different from their talks in the workshop. We hope that these papers bring the flavor of the workshop and recent trends of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics to the readers.


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