Theory of liquids : from excitations to thermodynamics
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Theory of liquids : from excitations to thermodynamics
Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index
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Description
Of the three basic states of matter, liquid is perhaps the most complex. While its flow properties are described by fluid mechanics, its thermodynamic properties are often neglected, and for many years it was widely believed that a general theory of liquid thermodynamics was unattainable. In recent decades that view has been challenged, as new advances have finally enabled us to understand and describe the thermodynamic properties of liquids. This book explains the recent developments in theory, experiment and modelling that have enabled us to understand the behaviour of excitations in liquids and the impact of this behaviour on heat capacity and other basic properties. Presented in plain language with a focus on real liquids and their experimental properties, this book is a useful reference text for researchers and graduate students in condensed matter physics and chemistry as well as for advanced courses covering the theory of liquids.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Experimental heat capacity
- 3. Excitations in solids and gases
- 4. Energy and heat capacity of solids
- 5. First-principles description of liquids: exponential complexity
- 6. Liquid energy and heat capacity from interactions and correlation functions
- 7. Frenkel theory and Frenkel book
- 8. Collective excitations in liquids post-Frenkel
- 9. Molecular dynamics simulations
- 10. Liquid energy and heat capacity in the liquid theory based on collective excitations
- 11. Quantum liquids: excitations and thermodynamic properties
- 12. Sui Generis
- 13. Connection between phonons and liquid thermodynamics: a historical survey
- 14. The supercritical state
- 15. Minimal quantum viscosity from fundamental physical constants
- 16. Viscous liquids
- 17. A short note on theory
- 18. Excitations and thermodynamics in other disordered media: spin waves and spin glass systems
- 19. Evolution of excitations in strongly-coupled systems
- References
- Index.
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