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Elements of statistical mechanics /

Following the Boltzmann-Gibbs approach to statistical mechanics, this new edition of Dr ter Haar's important textbook, Elements of Statistical Mechanics, provides undergraduates and more senior academics with a thorough introduction to the subject. Each chapter is followed by a problem section...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haar, D. ter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Elements of Statistical Mechanics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Chapter 1. The Maxwell distribution; Chapter 2. The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; Chapter 3. The partition function; Chapter 4. Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics; Chapter 5. Classical ensembles; Chapter 6. The ensembles in quantum statistics; Chapter 7. The equation of state of an imperfect gas; Chapter 8. The occupation number representation; Chapter 9. Phase transitions; Solutions to Selected Problems; Index.