Statistical mechanics

Author(s)

• McQuarrie, Donald A. (Donald Allan)

Bibliographic Information

Statistical mechanics

Donald A. McQuarrie

University Science Books, c2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Statistical Mechanics is the extended version of McQuarrie's earlier text - Statistical Thermodynamics [USB 1984]. Statistical Mechanics [previously published by Longman Education] is a renowned accessible introduction to the subject. It contains a large number of problems at the end of each chapter to help students understand the material and to introduce them to selected extensions.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Review.- The Canonical Ensemble.- Other Ensembles and Fluctuations.- Boltzmann Statistics, Fermi-Dirac Statistics, and Bose-Einstein Statistics.- Ideal Monatomic Gas.- Ideal Diatomic Gas.- Classical Statistical Mechanics.- Ideal Polyatomic Gas.- Chemical Equilibrium.- Quantum Statistics.- Crystals.- Imperfect Gases.- Distribution Functions in Classical Monatomic Liquids.- Perturbation Theories of Liquids.- Solutions of Strong Electrolytes.- Kinetic Theory of Gases and Molecular Collisions.- Continuum Mechanics.- Kinetic Theory of Gases and the Boltzmann Equation.-Transport Processes in Dilute Gases.-Theory of Brownian Motion.- The Time-Correlation Function Formalism, I.- The Time-Correlation Function Formalism, II.- Appendix A. Values of Some Physical Constants and Energy Conversion Factors.- Appendix B. Fourier Integrals and the Dirac Delta Function.- Appendix C. Debye Heat Capacity Function.- Appendix D. Hard-Sphere Radial Distribution Function.- Appendix E. Tables for the m-6-8 Potential.- Appendix F. Derivation of the Golden Rule of Perturbation Theory.- Appendix G. The Dirac BRA and KET Notation.- Appendix H. The Heisenberg Time-Dependent Representation.- Appendix I. The Poynting Flux Vector.- Appendix J. The Radiation Emitted by an Oscillating Dipole.- Appendix K. Dielectric Constant and Absorption.

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Details

• NCID: BA47672119
• ISBN:
  • 9781891389153
• LCCN: 00021962
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Sausalito, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 641 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC174.8
  • DC21 : 530.13
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Statistical mechanics