Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics /
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics covers: Thermodynamics - basic definitions of thermodynamics, equilibrium, state variables - the first and second laws - phase transitions and chemical reactions - thermodynamic potentials Statistical Mechanics - statistics of microscopic states and connection...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1995.
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| Series: | Classical theoretical physics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics covers: Thermodynamics - basic definitions of thermodynamics, equilibrium, state variables - the first and second laws - phase transitions and chemical reactions - thermodynamic potentials Statistical Mechanics - statistics of microscopic states and connection to the entropy - the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles - applications of Boltzmann statistics Quantum Statistics - the density operator - many-particle wave functions - ideal quantum systems - the ideal Bose gas and applications to blackbody radiation, Kirchhoff's law, and lattice vibrations - the ideal Fermi gas and applications to condensed-matter physics, astrophysics, and nuclear physics - relativistic Bose and Fermi gases and applications to particle. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 pages 186 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9781461208273 (electronic bk.) 1461208270 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1431-083X |