Statistical Physics An Introduction

Statistical Physics An Introduction / by Daijiro Yoshioka.

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of the basics of statistical physics. The first part explains the essence of statistical physics and how it provides a bridge between microscopic and macroscopic phenomena, allowing one to derive quantities such as entropy. Here the author avoids going...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yoshioka, Daijiro (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Atoms.
Physics.
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Thermodynamics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: General principle
  • Kinetic theory of gas molecules
  • A model of the ideal gas
  • Spatial distribution of molecules and fluctuation
  • Velocity distribution of molecules
  • Pressure of the ideal gas
  • Maxwell distribution
  • Entropy
  • Micro-canonical distribution number of states and density of states
  • Condition of thermal equilibrium and derivative of the entropy
  • Partition function and free energy
  • Canonical distribution
  • Grand canonical distribution
  • Partition function
  • Free energy
  • Internal energy
  • Part 2: Applications
  • Ideal gas
  • Quantum mechanics of gas molecules
  • Phase space and number of states
  • Entropy of the ideal gas
  • Pressure of the ideal gas by quantum mechanics
  • Temperature and pressure by statistical mechanics
  • Partition function of the ideal gas
  • Two-atom molecules
  • Specific heat of a solid and black body radiation
  • Einstein model
  • Debye model
  • Black body radiation
  • Elasticity of rubber
  • Magnet
  • Ferromagnet
  • Statistical mechanics of free spin
  • Phase transition described by mean field theory
  • One-dimensional Ising model
  • Part 3: Thermodynamics
  • Laws of thermodynamics
  • Air-conditioner and Engine
  • Irreversible process and non-equilibrium states
  • Heat and work – the first law
  • Reversible process
  • The second law
  • Principle of air-conditioner and engine
  • Coexistence of two phases.

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