\sect{Baruch's D27.} Consider a classical system of charged particles with a Hamiltonian ${H_{0}\left(p,q\right)}$. Turning on an external field ${\bf E}(t)$ leads to the Hamiltonian ${H= H_{0}(p,q)- e \Sigma _{i}{\bf q}_{i}\cdot{\bf E}(t)}$. \begin{itemize} \item [(a)] Show that the solution of Liouville's equation to first order in ${\bf E}(t)$ is \[\rho(p,q,t) = e^{-\beta H_{0}\left(p,q\right)} \left[1+ \beta e \Sigma_{i}\int _{-\infty}^{t}\dot{{\bf q}}_{i}(t')\cdot{\bf E}(t')dt'\right]\,.\] \item [(b)] In terms of the current density ${{\bf j}({\bf r},t)=e\Sigma _{i}\dot{{\bf q}}_{i}\delta^{3}({\bf r} -{\bf q}_{i})}$ show that for ${{\bf E}={\bf E}(\omega )e^{i\omega t}}$ the linear response is ${\langle j^{\mu}(t)\rangle=\sigma^{\mu\nu} (\omega )E^{\nu} ( \omega)e^{i\omega t}}$ where ${\mu,\,\nu}$ , are vector components and \[\ \sigma^{\mu\nu}\left(\omega \right) = \beta \int_{0}^{\infty} d \tau e ^{-i\omega\tau} d^{3}r \langle j^{\mu}(0,0)j^{\nu} ({\bf r},-\tau )\rangle_0\] where ${\langle...\rangle_{0}}$ is an average of the ${{\bf E}=0}$ system. This is the (classical) Kubo's formula. \item [c)] Rewrite (b) for ${\bf j}({\bf r},t)$ in presence of a position dependent ${\bf E}({\bf r},t)$. Integrating ${\bf j}({\bf r},t)$ over a cross section perpendicular to ${\bf E}({\bf r},t)$ yields the current ${I\left(t\right)}$. Show that the resistance ${R\left(\omega \right)}$ satisfies \[\ R ^{-1}(\omega ) = \beta\int_{0}^{\infty}d\tau e^{-i\omega \tau} \langle I(0)I(\tau)\rangle_0\] For a real ${R(\omega )}$ (usually valid below some frequency) deduce Nyquist's theorem.\\ \end{itemize} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%