Robert H. Swendsen (Carnegie Mellon Universi Department of Physics

An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Produktbeschreibung

This text presents statistical mechanics and thermodynamics as a theoretically integrated field of study. It stresses deep coverage of fundamentals, providing a natural foundation for advanced topics. The large problem sets (with solutions for teachers) include many computational problems to advance student understanding.

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Produktdetails

• Oxford Graduate Texts
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 175mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 846g
• ISBN-13: 9780198907787
• ISBN-10: 0198907788
• Artikelnr.: 69921261

Autorenporträt

Robert H. Swendsen is Professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University, where he works primarily in computational statistical mechanics. Professor Swendsen is a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was given an IBM Outstanding Achievement Award in 1981 and shared a Forefronts of Large-Scale Computational Problems Award with S. Kumar, J.M. Rosenberg, and P.A. Kollman in 1991.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
I
Part 1 Entropy
2: Classical Ideal Gas
3: Discrete probability theory
4: Configurational entropy
5: Continuous random numbers
6: Classical ideal gas: Energy
7: Ideal and "real" gases
8: T, P, µ, and all that
II
Part 2 Thermodynamics
9: Postulates and Laws of thermodynamics
10: Thermodynamic perturbations
11: Thermodynamic processes
12: Thermodynamic potentials
13: Extensivity
14: Thermodynamic identities
15: Extremum principles
16: Stability conditions
17: Phase transitions
18: Nernst postulate
III
Part 3 Classical statistical mechanics
19: Classical ensembles
20: Classical ensembles: grand and otherwise
21: Irreversibility
IV
Part 4 Quantum statistical mechanics
22: Quantum ensembles
23: Quantum canoncial ensemble
24: Black-body radiation
25: The harmonic solid
26: Ideal quantum gases
27: Bose-Einstein statistics
28: Fermi-Dirac statistics
29: Insulators and semiconductors
30: The Ising model