TY - BOOK AU - Tuckerman,Mark E. TI - Statistical mechanics: theory and molecular simulation SN - 9780198525264 (hbk.) AV - QC174.8 .T83 2010 U1 - 530.13 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Statistical mechanics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [671]-686) and index; Classical mechanics -- Theoretical foundations of classical statistical mechanics -- The microcanonical ensemble and introduction to molecular dynamics -- The canonical ensemble -- The isobaric ensembles -- The grand canonical ensemble -- Monte Carlo -- Free energy calculations -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum ensembles and the density matrix -- The quantum ideal gases: Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics -- The Feynman path integral -- Classical time-dependent statistical mechanics -- Quantum time-dependent statistical mechanics -- The Langevin and generalized Langevin equations -- Critical phenomena -- Appendix A: Properties of the Dirac delta-function -- Appendix B: Evaluation of energies and forces -- Appendix C: Proof of the Trotter theorem -- Appendix D: Laplace transforms N2 - This work contains a detailed review of classical and quantum mechanics, in-depth discussions of the most commonly used ensembles simultaneously with modern computational techniques such as molecular dynamics. It also covers important topics such as free-energy calculations, linear-response theory and critical phenomena UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/2714 ER -