RNDr. Karel Netočný, Ph.D.

                          researcher
    Department of Condensed Matter Theory



              Institute of Physics AS CR

              Na Slovance 2, Praha 8,
              CZ - 182 21, Czech Republic
              phone:  +420 2 6605 2029
              fax:       +420 2 8689 0527
              e-mail:  {netocny} @ {fzu.cz}





                                                               

My fields of interest 

Nonequilibrium (thermo-)dynamics
dynamical and stochastic driven systems, nonequilibrium fluctuations - general structure and symmetries,
nonequilibrium variational principles, generalized Onsager-Machlup theories, thermodynamics beyond linear response, ratchets

Quantum fluctuations
large deviations, fluctuation algebra, quantum macrostates, renormalization transformations

Disordered systems
lattice models with random interactions, short-range spin glasses, chaotic size-dependence, metastates

Rigorous perturbation methods
cluster expansions, multiscale analysis and renormalization group, Pirogov-Sinai theory


List of research papers

40. U. Basu, P. de Buyl, C. Maes, K. Netočný:
Driving-induced stability with long-range effects
Europhys. Lett. 115 (2016) 30007 /pdf/

39. U. Basu, C. Maes, K. Netočný:
Statistical forces from close-to-equilibrium media
New J. Phys. 17 (2015) 115006 

38. U. Basu, C. Maes, K. Netočný:
How statistical forces depend on thermodynamics and kinetics of driven media
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 250601 /pdf/

37. C. Maes, K. Netočný:
Revisiting the Glansdorff-Prigogine criterion for stability within irreversible thermodynamics
J. Stat. Phys. 159 (2015) 1286. /pdf/

36. W. de Roeck, C. Maes, K. Netočný, and M. Schutz:
Locality and nonlocality of classical restrictions of quantum spin systems with applications to quantum large deviations and entanglement
J. Math Phys. 56 (2015) 023301 /pdf

35. C. Maes and K. Netočný:
A nonequilibrium extension of the Clausius heat theorem
J. Stat. Phys. 154 (2014) 188 /pdf/

34. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and W. O’Kelly de Galway:
Low temperature behavior of nonequilibrium multilevel systems
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 47 (2014) 035002 /pdf

33. C. Maes and K. Netočný: 
Minimum entropy production principle
Scholarpedia 8 (2013) 9664

32. C. Maes and K. Netočný:
Heat bounds and the blowtorch theorem
Ann. Henri Poincaré  14 (2013) 1193 /pdf/

31. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and B. Wynants:
Monotonicity of the dynamical activity
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 45 (2012) 455001 /pdf/

30. J. Pešek, E. Boksenbojm, and K. Netočný:
Model study on steady heat capacity in driven stochastic systems
Cent. Eur. J. Phys 10 (2012) 692 /pdf/

29. E. Boksenbojm, C. Maes, K. Netočný, and J. Pešek:
Heat capacity in nonequilibrium steady states
Europhys. Lett. 96 (2011) 40001 /pdf/

28. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and B. Wynants:
Monotonic return to steady nonequilibrium
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107  (2011) 010601 /pdf/

27. W. De Roeck, C. Maes, K. Netočný, and L. Rey-Bellet:
A note on the non-commutative Laplace-Varadhan integral lemma
Rev. Math. Phys. 22 (2010) 839 /pdf/

26. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and S. R. Thomas:
General no-go condition for stochastic pumping
J. Chem. Phys. 132 (2010) 234116 /pdf/

25. C. Maes and K. Netočný:
Rigorous meaning of McLennan ensembles
J. Math. Phys. 51 (2010) 015219 /pdf/

24. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and B. Wynants:
Dynamical fluctuations for semi-Markov processes
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42 (2009) 365002 /pdf/

23. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and B. Shergelashvili:
Nonequilibrium relation between potential and stationary distribution for driven diffusion
Phys. Rev. E 80 (2009) 011121 /pdf/

22. C. Flindt, C. Fricke, F. Hohls, T. Novotný, K. Netočný, T. Brandes, and R. J. Haug:
Universal oscillations in counting statistics
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106 (2009) 10116-10119 /pdf/

21. C. Flindt, C. Fricke, F. Hohls, T. Novotný, K. Netočný, T. Brandes, and R. J. Haug:
Universal oscillations of high-order cumulants
AIP Conf. Proc. 1129 (2009) 453.

20. M. Baiesi, C. Maes, and K. Netočný:
Computation of current cumulants for small nonequilibrium systems
J. Stat. Phys. 135 (2009) 57–75 /pdf/

19. M. Baiesi, C. Maes, and K. Netočný:
Exact computation of current cumulants in small Markovian systems
In Modeling and simulations of new materials: Tenth Granada Lectures,
J. Marro, P. L. Garrido, and P. I. Hurtado eds.
AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1091 (2009) 212-219 /arXiv/

18. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and B. Shergelashvili:
A selection of nonequilibrium issues

In Methods of Contemporary Mathematical Statistical Physics, 
R. Kotecký ed. Lecture notes in Mathematics, Vol. 1970 (2009) 247-306 /arXiv/

17. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and B. Wynants:
On and beyond entropy production: the case of Markov jump processes
Markov Processes Relat. Fields 14 (2008) 445-464 /pdf/

16. C. Maes, K. Netočný, and B. Wynants:
Steady state statistics of driven diffusions
Physica A 387 (2008) 2675–2689 /pdf/

15. C. Maes and K. Netočný:
Canonical structure of dynamical fluctuations in mesoscopic nonequilibrium steady states
Europhys. Lett. 82 (2008) 30003 /pdf/

14. S. Bruers, C. Maes, and K. Netočný:
On the validity of entropy production principles for linear electrical circuits
J. Stat. Phys. 129 (2007) 725-740 /pdf/

13. C. Maes and K. Netočný:
Minimum entropy production principle from a dynamical fluctuation law
J. Math. Phys. 48 (2007) 053306 /pdf/

12. C. Maes and K. Netočný:
Static and dynamical nonequilibrium fluctuations
Comptes Rendus – Physique 8 (2007) 591-597 /pdf/

11. W. De Roeck, C. Maes, and K. Netočný:
Quantum macrostates, equivalence of ensembles and an H-theorem
J. Math. Phys. 47 (2006) 073303 /pdf/

10. W. De Roeck, C. Maes, and K. Netočný:
H-theorems from macroscopic autonomous equations
J. Stat. Phys. 123 (2006) 571-584 /pdf/

9.  A. C. D. van Enter, K. Netočný, and H. G. Schaap:
Incoherent boundary conditions and metastates
In Festschrift in honour of M. Keane,
Dee Denteneer, Frank den Hollander, and Evgeny Verbitskiy eds.
IMS Lecture Notes
Monograph Series, Vol. 48 (2006) 144-153 /pdf/

8.  A. C. D. van Enter, K. Netočný, and H. G. Schaap:
On the Ising model with random boundary condition
J. Stat. Phys. 118 (2005) 997-1056 /pdf/

7.  K. Netočný and F. Redig:
Large deviations for quantum spin systems
J. Stat. Phys. 117 (2004) 521-547 /pdf/

6.  I. Callens, W. De Roeck, T. Jacobs, C. Maes, and K. Netočný:
Quantum entropy production as a measure of irreversibility
Physica D: Nonlinear phenomena 187 (2004) 383-391 /pdf/

5.  W. De Roeck, T. Jacobs, C. Maes, and K. Netočný:
An extension of the Kac ring model
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 (2003) 1-13 /pdf/

4.  C. Maes, K. Netočný, and M. Verschuere:
Heat conduction networks
J. Stat. Phys. 111 (2003) 1219-1244 /pdf/

3.  C. Maes and K. Netočný:
Time-reversal and entropy
J. Stat. Phys. 110 (2003) 269-310 /pdf/

2.  A. C. D. van Enter, I. Medved', and K. Netočný:
Chaotic size dependence in the Ising model with random boundary conditions
Markov Proc. Rel. Fields 8 (2002) 479-508 /arXiv/

1.  C. Maes and K. Netočný:
Spacetime expansions for weakly coupled interacting particle systems
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 35 (2002) 3053-3077 /pdf/

Other publications

On the Gibbsian Characterization of Spatially Extended Systems
PhD thesis, K.U.Leuven (2002)

Nízkoteplotní fáze amfifilických systémů
Diploma thesis, Charles University in Prague (1996)

 

Teaching activities (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague)

Thermodynamics and statististical physics I & II
(Termodynamika a statistická fyzika I - NTMF043 ZS 3/2 Zk+Z  &  II - NTMF044 LS 3/2 Zk+Z)

Selected topics in nonequilibrium statistical physics I & II
(Vybrané kapitoly z nerovnovážné statistické fyziky I - NTMF062, ZS 2/0 Zk  &  II - NTMF068, LS 2/0 Zk)



Last modified: K. Netočný, 19 October 2016