Ebook: Statistical Mechanics
- Tags: Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter, Thermodynamics, Quantum Physics, Quantum Computing Information and Physics, Complexity
- Series: Advanced Texts in Physics
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
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The completely revised new edition of the classical book on Statistical Mechanics covers the basic concepts of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics. In addition to a deductive approach to equilibrium statistics and thermodynamics based on a single hypothesis - the form of the microcanonical density matrix - this book treats the most important elements of non-equilibrium phenomena. Intermediate calculations are presented in complete detail. Problems at the end of each chapter help students to consolidate their understanding of the material. Beyond the fundamentals, this text demonstrates the breadth of the field and its great variety of applications. Modern areas such as renormalization group theory, percolation, stochastic equations of motion and their applications to critical dynamics, kinetic theories, as well as fundamental considerations of irreversibility, are discussed. The text will be useful for advanced students of physics and other natural sciences; a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics is presumed.
The completely revised new edition of the classical book on Statistical Mechanics covers the basic concepts of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics. In addition to a deductive approach to equilibrium statistics and thermodynamics based on a single hypothesis - the form of the microcanonical density matrix - this book treats the most important elements of non-equilibrium phenomena. Intermediate calculations are presented in complete detail. Problems at the end of each chapter help students to consolidate their understanding of the material. Beyond the fundamentals, this text demonstrates the breadth of the field and its great variety of applications. Modern areas such as renormalization group theory, percolation, stochastic equations of motion and their applications to critical dynamics, kinetic theories, as well as fundamental considerations of irreversibility, are discussed. The text will be useful for advanced students of physics and other natural sciences; a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics is presumed.
The completely revised new edition of the classical book on Statistical Mechanics covers the basic concepts of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics. In addition to a deductive approach to equilibrium statistics and thermodynamics based on a single hypothesis - the form of the microcanonical density matrix - this book treats the most important elements of non-equilibrium phenomena. Intermediate calculations are presented in complete detail. Problems at the end of each chapter help students to consolidate their understanding of the material. Beyond the fundamentals, this text demonstrates the breadth of the field and its great variety of applications. Modern areas such as renormalization group theory, percolation, stochastic equations of motion and their applications to critical dynamics, kinetic theories, as well as fundamental considerations of irreversibility, are discussed. The text will be useful for advanced students of physics and other natural sciences; a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics is presumed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Basic Principles....Pages 1-23
Equilibrium Ensembles....Pages 25-74
Thermodynamics....Pages 75-167
Ideal Quantum Gases....Pages 169-224
Real Gases, Liquids, and Solutions....Pages 225-267
Magnetism....Pages 269-329
Phase Transitions, Scale Invariance, Renormalization Group Theory, and Percolation....Pages 331-408
Brownian Motion, Equations of Motion, and the Fokker-Planck Equations....Pages 409-436
The Boltzmann Equation....Pages 437-478
Irreversibility and the Approach to Equilibrium....Pages 479-512
Back Matter....Pages 513-577
The completely revised new edition of the classical book on Statistical Mechanics covers the basic concepts of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics. In addition to a deductive approach to equilibrium statistics and thermodynamics based on a single hypothesis - the form of the microcanonical density matrix - this book treats the most important elements of non-equilibrium phenomena. Intermediate calculations are presented in complete detail. Problems at the end of each chapter help students to consolidate their understanding of the material. Beyond the fundamentals, this text demonstrates the breadth of the field and its great variety of applications. Modern areas such as renormalization group theory, percolation, stochastic equations of motion and their applications to critical dynamics, kinetic theories, as well as fundamental considerations of irreversibility, are discussed. The text will be useful for advanced students of physics and other natural sciences; a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics is presumed.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Basic Principles....Pages 1-23
Equilibrium Ensembles....Pages 25-74
Thermodynamics....Pages 75-167
Ideal Quantum Gases....Pages 169-224
Real Gases, Liquids, and Solutions....Pages 225-267
Magnetism....Pages 269-329
Phase Transitions, Scale Invariance, Renormalization Group Theory, and Percolation....Pages 331-408
Brownian Motion, Equations of Motion, and the Fokker-Planck Equations....Pages 409-436
The Boltzmann Equation....Pages 437-478
Irreversibility and the Approach to Equilibrium....Pages 479-512
Back Matter....Pages 513-577
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