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Introduction to Statistical Physics /

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Intended for beginning graduate students or advanced undergraduates, this text covers the statistical basis of equilibrium thermodynamics, both classical and quantum, including examples from solid-state physics. It also treats some topics of more recent interest such as phase transitions and non-equ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salinas, Silvio R. A.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2001.
Series:Graduate texts in contemporary physics.
Subjects:
Physics.
Quantum theory.
Thermodynamics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • (1) Introduction to statistical methods
  • (2) Statistical description of a physical system
  • (3) Overview of classical thermodynamics
  • (4) Microcanonical ensemble
  • (5) Canonical ensemble
  • (6) The classical gas in the canonical formalism
  • (7) The grand canonical and pressure ensembles
  • (8) The ideal quantum gas
  • (9) The ideal Fermi gas
  • Free bosons: Bose-Einstein condensations; Gas of photons
  • Phonons and magnons
  • Phase transitions and critical phenomena: classical theories
  • The Ising model
  • Scaling theories and the renormalization group
  • Non-equilibrium phenomena. I. Kinetic methods
  • Non-equilibrium phenomena. II. Stochastic methods.