Paul D. Beale

Statistical Mechanics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Statistical Mechanics, 3e, is an indispensable tool for postgraduate students of science and engineering. Since the first edition published in 1972, Raj Pathria has provided an invaluable resource for the study of physical properties on the basis of dynamic behavior. The book is suitable for a two semester course, offering the theoretical formalism proven to be of immense value to the field of physics. The author has based the book on principles of mathematical statistics and Hamiltonian mechanics. By providing historical insight and approaching the subject uniformly, students are able further their studies of statistical mechanics into their professional careers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Press
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 744
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1260g
• ISBN-13: 9780123821881
• ISBN-10: 0123821886
• Artikelnr.: 32205600

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Statistical Basis of Thermodynamics
2. Elements of Ensemble Theory
3. The Canonical Ensemble
4. The Grand Canonical Ensemble
5. Formulation of Quantum Statistics
6. The Theory of Simple Gases
7. Ideal Bose Systems
8. Ideal Fermi Systems
9. Thermodynamics of the Early Universe
10. Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Systems: The Method of Cluster Expansions
11. Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Systems: The Method of Quantized Fields
12. Phase Transitions: Criticality, Universality, and Scaling
13. Phase Transitions: Exact (or Almost Exact) Results for Various Models
14. Phase Transitions: The Renormalization Group Approach
15. Fluctuations and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
16. Computer Simulations

Rezensionen

"An excellent graduate-level text. The selection of topics is very complete and gives to the student a wide view of the applications of statistical mechanics. The set problems reinforce the theory exposed in the text, helping the student to master the material" --Francisco Cevantes

"Making sense out of the world around us in one of the most appealing facets of physics. One may start by putting together seemingly isolated observations and as the different pieces start to fall into place, more complicated arrangements and more fundamental explanations are sought. This is indeed the case for instance when trying to understand the behaviour of a collection of particles. On the one hand, thermo- dynamics provides us with a satisfactory explanation of the macroscopic phenomena observed, however, in order to get to the core of the physical system it becomes necessary to take into account the microscopic constituents of the system as well as the fact that quantum mechanical effects are at play. This is the realm of statistical mechanics and the subject of one of the most widely recognised textbooks around the globe: Pathria's Statistical Mechanics..The original style of the book is kept, and the clarity of explanations and derivations is still there. I am convinced that this third edition of Statistical Mechanics will enable a number of new generations of physicists to gain a solid background of statistical physics and that can only be a good thing." --Contemporary Physics

at play. This is the realm of statistical mechanics and the subject of one of the most widely recognised textbooks around the globe: Pathria's Statistical Mechanics ..The original style of the book is kept, and the clarity of explanations and derivations is still there. I am convinced that this third edition of Statistical Mechanics will enable a number of new generations of physicists to gain a solid background of statistical physics and that can only be a good thing." -- Contemporary Physics