UID:
almahu_9949199145302882
Umfang:
XI, 204 p.
,
online resource.
Ausgabe:
2nd ed. 1995.
ISBN:
9781402059759
Serie:
Student Physics Series
Inhalt:
In this revised and enlarged second edition of an established text Tony Guénault provides a clear and refreshingly readable introduction to statistical physics, an essential component of any first degree in physics. The treatment itself is self-contained and concentrates on an understanding of the physical ideas, without requiring a high level of mathematical sophistication. A straightforward quantum approach to statistical averaging is adopted from the outset (easier, the author believes, than the classical approach). The initial part of the book is geared towards explaining the equilibrium properties of a simple isolated assembly of particles. Thus, several important topics, for example an ideal spin-½ solid, can be discussed at an early stage. The treatment of gases gives full coverage to Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Towards the end of the book the student is introduced to a wider viewpoint and new chapters are included on chemical thermodynamics, interactions in, for example, liquid helium-3 and helium-4, and statistics under extreme conditions (superconductivity and astrophysical systems).
Anmerkung:
Basic ideas -- Distinguishable particles -- Two examples -- Gases: the density of states -- Gases: the distributions -- Maxwell-Boltzmann gases -- Diatomic gases -- Fermi-Dirac gases -- Bose-Einstein gases -- Entropy in other situations -- Phase transitions -- Two new ideas -- Chemical thermodynamics -- Dealing with interactions -- Statistics under extreme conditions.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9789048118526
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781402059742
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780412579202
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-5975-9
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5975-9
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