Statistical mechanics
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Statistical mechanics
Wiley, c1987
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Includes index and bibliography
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Description
Treating mechanics through a clearly written introduction of the theory of microscopic bodies based on the fundamental atomic laws, this book contains a brief but self-contained discussion of thermodynamics and the classical kinetic theory of gases. An introduction to the modern theory of critical phenomena is featured that is concise and pedagogically orientated. This second edition contains up-to-date coverage of recent major advances and important applications, such as superfluids and the Quantum Hall Effect. A large part of the text is devoted to selected applications of statistical mechanics and its value as an illustration of calculating techniques.
Table of Contents
- THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETIC THEORY: The Laws of Thermodynamics
- Some Applications of Thermodynamics
- The Problem of Kinetic Theory
- The Equilibrium State of a Dilute Gas
- Transport Phenomena
- STATISTICAL MECHANICS: Classical Statistical Mechanics
- Canonical Ensemble and Grand Canonical Ensemble
- Quantum Statistical Mechanics
- General Properties of the Partition Function
- Approximate Methods
- Fermi Systems
- Bose Systems
- SPECIAL TOPICS IN STATISTICAL MECHANICS: Superfluids
- Ising Model
- The Onsager Solution
- Critical Phenomena
- The Landau Approach
- Renormalization Group
- Appendix.
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