A.M. Glazer (, Department of Physics, University of Oxford), J.S. Wark (, Department of Physics, University of Oxford)

Statistical Mechanics

A Survival Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides the reader with a perspective of an interdisciplinary field between statistical physics and information sciences/engineering. This book also introduces the fundamentals of the subject of statistical mechanics. Numerous questions with worked solutions are included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780198508168
• ISBN-10: 0198508166
• Artikelnr.: 21316394

Autorenporträt

Professor A.M. Glazer, Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail] Professor J.S. Wark, Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Back to basics
2: The statistics of distinguishable particles
3: Paramagnets and oscillators
4: Indistinguishable particles and monatomic ideal gases
5: Diatomic ideal gases
6: Quantum statistics
7: Electrons in metals
8: Photons and phonons
9: Bose-Einstein condensation
10: Ensembles
11: The end is in sight
Appendix A: Worked Answers
Appendix B: Useful Integrals
Appendix C: Physical Constants
Appendix D: Bibliography
Index