Basics of kinetic theory (Distribution function, detailed balance, Boltzmann kinetic equation.
The H-theorem, transition to hydrodynamics. Weakly inhomogeneous gases. Transport
coefficients: thermal conduction, shear, and bulk viscosity Onsager’s relations. Dynamical
derivation of the BKE from Bogolyubov hierarchy. Radiative transport in stellar atmospheres
as a kinetic process. Thermal conductivity and shear viscosity of stellar matter in the non-
degenerate regime.) Diffusion processes (Fokker-Planck equation. Diffusion of heavy
particles in a gas, ionization, and recombination. Stellar opacities in multi-component
plasma.) Degenerate systems (Quantum liquids, quasiparticles, and their kinetics.
Applications: sound attenuation in Fermi gases, transport in metals and liquid helium.
Applications to white dwarfs: electrical conduction of electron gas in the degenerate regime.
Applications to neutron stars: shear viscosity and thermal conductivity of neutron matter in
the degenerate regime from Fermi-liquid theory.) Advanced methods (Green’s functions
methods in kinetics, real-time contour formulation of the theory. Projection operator
methods, Kubo formula for transport coefficients Electron self-energy and Landau damping
in white dwarf stars. Computation of transport coefficient of quark matter in neutron stars
from Kubo formulas.)
