Solved Problems in Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 291 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-27659-1 (ISBN)

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This book contains a modern selection of about 200 solved problems and examples arranged in a didactic way for hands-on experience with course work in a standard advanced undergraduate/first-year graduate class in thermodynamics and statistical physics. The principles of thermodynamics and equilibrium statistical physics are few and simple, but their application often proves more involved than it may seem at first sight. This book is a comprehensive complement to any textbook in the field, emphasizing the analogies between the different systems, and paves the way for an in-depth study of solid state physics, soft matter physics, and field theory.

Primoz Ziherl is a professor of physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a scientific councillor at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia. His expertise covers theoretical soft condensed matter physics, especially structure formation in colloidal suspensions including crystalline and quasicrystalline phases, and theoretical biophysics with a focus on lipid membranes and vesicles as well as on epithelial tissues and early embryonic development.

Part I: Thermodynamics.- Equation of state.- The first law.- The second law.- Thermodynamic potentials.- Phase transitions.- Mixtures.- Transport phenomena.- Part II: Statistical physics.- Classical canonical ensemble.- Equation of state.- Entropy.- Quantum canonical ensemble.- Grand canonical ensemble.- Kinetic theory of gases.- A: Steam tables.- B: Metropolis algorithm.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.11.2019
Zusatzinfo	XI, 291 p. 102 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	613 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
Schlagworte	Grandl canonical distribution • Kinetic Theory • phase transitions • problems and solutions in thermodynamics • problems in statistical physics • thermodynamics textbook • Transport phenomena • understanding the equation of state
ISBN-10	3-030-27659-7 / 3030276597
ISBN-13	978-3-030-27659-1 / 9783030276591
Zustand	Neuware