Statistical Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9780471815181 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 512 str.

Kerson Huang

Opis

Following an introduction to the theory of microscopic bodies based on the fundamental atomic laws, this book contains a brief but self-contained discussion of thermodynamics and the classical kinetic theory of gases. An introduction to the modern theory of critical phenomena is featured. This edition contains coverage of recent major advances and important applications, such as superfluids and the Quantum Hall Effect. A large part of the text is devoted to selected applications of statistical mechanics and its value as an illustration of calculating techniques.

Spis treści

The Laws of Thermodynamics.

Some Applications of Thermodynamics.

The Problem of Kinetic Theory.

The Equilibrium State of a Dilute Gas.

Transport Phenomena.

Classical Statistical Mechanics.

Canonical Ensemble and Grand Canonical Ensemble.

Quantum Statistical Mechanics.

General Properties of the Partition Function.

Approximate Methods.

Fermi Systems.

Bose Systems.

Superfluids.

Ising Model.

Onsager Solution.

Critical Phenomena.

The Landau Approach.

Renormalization Group.

Appendix.

Index.