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"Statistical Mechanics, Fourth Edition, explores the physical properties of matter based on the dynamic behavior of its microscopic constituents. This valuable textbook introduces the reader to the historical context of the subject before delving deeper into chapters about thermodynamics, ensem...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Academic Press,
[2022]
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| Edición: | Fourth edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The statistical basis of thermodynamics
- Elements of ensemble theory
- The canonical ensemble
- The grand canonical ensemble
- Formulation of quantum statistics
- The theory of simple gases
- Ideal Bose systems
- Ideal Fermi systems
- Thermodynamics of the early universe
- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of cluster expansions
- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of quantized fields
- Phase transitions : criticality, universality, and scaling
- Phase transitions : exact (or almost exact) results for various models
- Phase transitions : the renormalization group approach
- Fluctuations and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
- Computer simulations
- Appendices. Influence of boundary conditions on the distribution of quantum states ; Certain mathematical functions ; "Volume" and "surface area" of an n-dimensional sphere of radius R ; On Bose-Einstein functions ; On Fermi-Dirac functions ; A rigorous analysis of the ideal Bose gas and the onset of Bose-Einstein condensation ; On Watson functions ; Thermodynamic relationships ; Pseudorandom numbers.