Carlo Heissenberg, Augusto Sagnotti

Classical and Quantum Statistical Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a detailed introduction to classical and quantum statistical physics, with links to modern applications at the frontiers of current research. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students interested in the important role of statistical physics in scientific research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9781108844628
• ISBN-10: 1108844626
• Artikelnr.: 62475727

Autorenporträt

Carlo Heissenberg is a postdoctoral scholar at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita) in Stockholm, and Uppsala University. He received his Ph.D. from Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, with a thesis on asymptotic symmetries and higher spin theories, and his research is now focused on the interface between scattering amplitudes and gravitational waves.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: 1. Elements of thermodynamics
2. The classical ensembles
3. Aspects of quantum mechanics
4. Systems of quantum oscillators
5. Vacuum fluctuations
6. The van der Waals theory
7. The grand canonical ensemble
8. Quantum statistics
9. Magnetism in matter, I
10. Magnetism in matter, II. Part II: 11. The 2D Ising model
12. The Heisenberg spin chain
13. Conformal invariance and the renormalization group
14. The approach of equilibrium
Appendices
References
Index.