Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (Classical Theoretical Physics)
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Contributions
- D. Rischke (Translator) - Contributor
Publication
2001-11-14 - Springer
Language
English
Word Count
120,000 words, Guess
Page Count
480 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100387942998
- ISBN-139780387942995
- Goodreads201307
- Open LibraryOL7448434M
- Open LibraryOL20571285M
Description
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics covers: Thermodynamics - basic definitions of thermodynamics, equilibrium, state variables - the first and second laws - phase transitions and chemical reactions - thermodynamic potentials Statistical Mechanics - statistics of microscopic states and connection to the entropy - the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles - applications of Boltzmann statistics Quantum Statistics - the density operator - many-particle wave functions - ideal quantum systems - the ideal Bose gas and applications to blackbody radiation, Kirchhoff's law, and lattice vibrations - the ideal Fermi gas and applications to condensed-matter physics, astrophysics, and nuclear physics - relativistic Bose and Fermi gases and applications to particle
Subjects
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