Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
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Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
（Classical theoretical physics）
Springer-Verlag, c1995
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- : gw
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Thermodynamik und statistische Mechanik
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"First German edition, Thermodynamik und statistische Mechanik, c1987 Verlag Harri Deutsch."--T.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Intended for beginning graduate students, the volumes in the series provide not only a complete survey of an area of theoretical physics but also an enormous number of worked examples and problems to show students how to apply the abstract principles to realistic problems. This particular volume covers: the basic definitions of thermodynamics, equilibrium and state variables; the first and second laws; phase transitions and chemical reactions; thermodynamic potentials; statistics of microscopic states and connection to the entropy; the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles; applications of Boltzmann statistics; quantum statistics and the density operator; ideal quantum systems; the ideal Bose gas and applications; the ideal Fermi gas; and applications to condensed-matter physics.
Table of Contents
Foreword.- Preface.- Thermodynamics: Equilibrium and State Quantities.- The Laws of Thermodynamics.- Phase Transitions and Chemical Reactions.- Thermodynamic Potentials.- Statistical Mechanics: Number of Microstates and Entropy.- Ensemble Theory and the Microcanonical Ensemble.- The Canonical Ensemble.- Application of Boltzmann Statistics.- The Macrocanonical Ensemble. Quantum Statistics: Density Operators.- The Symmetry Character of Many-Particle Wavefunctions.- Grand Canonical Description of Ideal Quantum Systems.- The Ideal Bose Gas.- Ideal Fermi Gas.- Applications of Relativistic Bose and Fermi Gases.- Real Gases and Phase Transitions: Real Gases.- Classification of Phase Transitions.- The Models of Ising and Heisenberg.- Index.
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