Elementary Lectures in Statistical Mechanics |
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| Author:
| Phillies, George D. J. |
| Editor:
| Birman, J. L.
Lynn, J. W.
Silverman, M. P.
Stanley, H. E.
Voloshin, M. |
| Series title: | Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics |
| ISBN: | 978-0-387-98918-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $207.95 |
Book Description:
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This textbook for graduates and advanced undergraduates in physics and physical chemistry covers the major areas of statistical mechanics and concludes with the level of current research. It begins with the fundamental ideas of averages and ensembles, focusing on classical systems described by continuous variables such as position and momentum, and using the ideal gas as an example. It then turns to quantum systems, beginning with diatomic molecules and working up through blackbody...
More DescriptionThis textbook for graduates and advanced undergraduates in physics and physical chemistry covers the major areas of statistical mechanics and concludes with the level of current research. It begins with the fundamental ideas of averages and ensembles, focusing on classical systems described by continuous variables such as position and momentum, and using the ideal gas as an example. It then turns to quantum systems, beginning with diatomic molecules and working up through blackbody radiation and chemical equilibria. Dynamic behavior -- treated here more extensively than in other texts -- is discussed from the point of view of correlation functions. The text concludes with the problem of diffusion in a suspension of interacting hard spheres and what can be learned about such a system from scattered light.