Statistical physics /
Guénault, Tony.
Statistical physics / Tony Guénault. - second edition. - vii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Physics and its applications ; 9 .
Includes index.
Preface1: Basic Ideas 2: Distinguishable Particles 3: Two Examples4: Gases: The Density of States5: Gases: The Distributions6: Maxwell-Boltzmann Gases7: Diatomic Gases8: Fermi-Dirac Gases9: Bose-Einstein Gases10: Entropy in Other Situations11: Phase Transitions12: Two New Ideas13: Chemical Thermodynamics14: Dealing with Interactions15: Statistics under Extreme ConditionsAppendix A ? Some Elementary Counting ProblemsAppendix B ? Some Problems with Large NumbersAppendix C ? Some Useful IntegralsAppendix D ? Some Useful ConstantsAppendix E ? ExercisesAppendix F ? Answers to ExercisesIndex
This is an accessible and readable introduction to statistical physics aimed at second and third year students. This edition contains new chapters which cover chemical thermodynamics, interacting systems, and superfluids and astrophysics.
0412579200
94069918
Statistical physics.
530.13 / G.T.S.
Statistical physics / Tony Guénault. - second edition. - vii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Physics and its applications ; 9 .
Includes index.
Preface1: Basic Ideas 2: Distinguishable Particles 3: Two Examples4: Gases: The Density of States5: Gases: The Distributions6: Maxwell-Boltzmann Gases7: Diatomic Gases8: Fermi-Dirac Gases9: Bose-Einstein Gases10: Entropy in Other Situations11: Phase Transitions12: Two New Ideas13: Chemical Thermodynamics14: Dealing with Interactions15: Statistics under Extreme ConditionsAppendix A ? Some Elementary Counting ProblemsAppendix B ? Some Problems with Large NumbersAppendix C ? Some Useful IntegralsAppendix D ? Some Useful ConstantsAppendix E ? ExercisesAppendix F ? Answers to ExercisesIndex
This is an accessible and readable introduction to statistical physics aimed at second and third year students. This edition contains new chapters which cover chemical thermodynamics, interacting systems, and superfluids and astrophysics.
0412579200
94069918
Statistical physics.
530.13 / G.T.S.