Measurements, Mechanisms, and Models of Heat Transport

Measurements, Mechanisms, and Models of Heat Transport offers an interdisciplinary approach to the dynamic response of matter to energy input. Using a combination of fundamental principles of physics, recent developments in measuring time-dependent heat conduction, and analytical mathematics, this timely reference summarizes the relative advantages of currently used methods, and remediates flaws in modern models and their historical precursors. Geophysicists, physical chemists, and engineers will find the book to be a valuable resource for its discussions of radiative transfer models and the kinetic theory of gas, amended to account for atomic collisions being inelastic. This book is a prelude to a companion volume on the thermal state, formation, and evolution of planets.

Covering both microscopic and mesoscopic phenomena of heat transport, Measurements, Mechanisms, and Models of Heat Transport offers both the fundamental knowledge and up-to-date measurements and models to encourage further improvem

Anne M. Hofmeister is research professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She received an MS in physics from University of Illinois and a PhD in geology from California Institute of Technology, United States and has received several fellowships and awards. She has served as editor of American Mineralogist and was recently the keynote speaker at the European Conference on Mineral Spectroscopy. Her research interests include heat transport, thermodynamics, interaction of light with matter, and the applications of such studies to planetary science, earth science, astronomy, and materials science. She has authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications in astronomy, physics, geology, and planetary science journals.

"The book looks at many aspects of heat physics and is a prelude to a companion book for the formation and evoluion of planets. A multi-scale integrated model employing the inelastic collision for planetary formation concerning self-gravity and generation of internal heat is enthusiastic. Modern astronomical theories use computation, where all sorts of errors and spurious results could occur. How would the inelastic model be applied? An inelastic collision implies a loss of particle speed and thus cooling. How would it affect the equation of state as a global description of the gas? How could the lab data of solid, fluid and gas help explain the planetray formation observations? Could the details of microscopic physics be trivial to, affect or alter the grandeur paradigm of the accretion scheme of planetary formation? The author lists misconceptions and blames science predecessors and theories. It may take some study in the history of science to clarify the statements. Nonetheless, philosophical concepts in physics do evolve. The author gives abundant engaging historical accounts and references for heat transfer. As the criticism reverberates, whether the physics or philosophy will be accepted awaits various disciplines and methods to testify." --Contemporary Physics