Statistical Mechanics
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. Probl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: | Advanced Texts in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Basic Principles
- 2. Equilibrium Ensembles.
- 3. Thermodynamics
- 4. Ideal Quantum Gases
- 5. Real Gases, Liquids, and Solutions
- 6. Magnetism
- 7. Phase Transitions, Renormalization Group Theory, and Percolation
- 8. Brownian Motion, Equations of Motion and the Fokker-Planck Equations
- 9. The Boltzmann Equation
- 10. Irreversibility and the Approach to Equilibrium
- Appendix.
- A. Nernst’s Theorem (Third Law).
- A.1 Preliminary Remarks on the Historical Development of Nernst’s Theorem
- A.2 Nernst’s Theorem and its Thermodynamic Consequences
- A.3 Residual Entropy, Metastability, etc.
- B. The Classical Limit and Quantum Corrections
- B.1 The Classical Limit.
- B.2 Calculation of the Quantum-Mechanical Corrections
- C. The Perturbation Expansion
- D. The Riemann ?-Function and the Bernoulli Numbers
- E. Derivation of the Ginzburg—Landau Functional
- F. The Transfer Matrix Method.
- G. Integrals Containing the Maxwell Distribution
- H. Hydrodynamics
- H.1 Hydrodynamic Equations, Phenomenological Discussion
- H.2 The Kubo Relaxation Function.
- H.3 The Microscopic Derivation of the Hydrodynamic Equations
- I. Units and Tables