J. Robert Dorfman

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Jay Robert Dorfman (born May 20, 1937 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American theoretical physicist who works in the field of statistical mechanics .

Life

Dorfman studied at Johns Hopkins University , where he obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1957 and received his PhD in 1961 with a thesis on statistical mechanics of non-equilibrium Theories of Linear Response for Transport Coefficients . He then went to Rockefeller University in New York City as a post-doctoral student for three years , where he worked with Theodore H. Berlin and EGD Cohen and published a number of much-cited articles with Cohen. In 1964 he moved to the University of Maryland in College Park. There he was initially an assistant professor, in 1972 he became a full professor . He held various administrative functions at the University of Maryland, including director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology from 1983 to 1992.

Dorfman's main areas of work were the application of statistical mechanics methods for non-equilibrium (e.g. the Boltzmann equation ) to calculate the transport properties of classical model systems in two and three dimensions (including the model of hard disks and model of hard spheres ) for different Particle density and the application of concepts from the theory of dynamic systems , as they are known from chaos research and the theory of fractals , to transport phenomena in fluids in a non-equilibrium state. In 1977 Dorfman became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 2002 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Fonts (selection)

  • JR Dorfman, EGD Cohen: Difficulties in the Kinetic Theory of Dense Gases . In: Journal of Mathematical Physics . tape 8 , 1967, p. 282 , doi : 10.1063 / 1.1705194 .
  • JR Dorfman, EGD Cohen: Velocity Correlation Functions in Two and Three Dimensions . In: Physical Review Letters . tape 25 , no. 18 , 1970, pp. 1257-1260 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevLett.25.1257 .
  • Joseph Kestin, JR Dorfman: A Course in Statistical Thermodynamics . Academic Press, 1971, ISBN 978-0-12-405350-2 , pp. 577 .
  • JR Dorfman, EGD Cohen: Velocity-Correlation Functions in Two and Three Dimensions: Low Density . In: Physical Review A . tape 6 , no. 2 , 1972, p. 776-790 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevA.6.776 .
  • JR Dorfman, EGD Cohen: Velocity-Correlation Functions in Two and Three Dimensions: II. Higher Density . In: Physical Review A . tape 12 , no. 1 , 1975, p. 292-316 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevA.12.292 .
  • JR Dorfman: An Introduction to Chaos in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0-521-65589-7 , pp. 287 .
  • R. van Zon, H. van Beijeren, JR Dorfman: Kinetic Theory of Dynamical Systems . In: J. Karkheck (Ed.): Dynamics: Models and Kinetic Methods for Non-equilibrium Many Body Systems (=  NATO Science Series, Series E ). tape 371 . Springer, Dordrecht 2002, ISBN 978-0-7923-6554-9 , pp. 131-168 .
  • JR Dorfman: Chaotic Dynamics in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics . In: Robert A. Meyers (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science . Springer, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-75888-6 .

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  1. ↑ J. Robert Dorfman in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
personal data
SURNAME Dorfman, J. Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dorfman, Jay Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theoretical physicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh