Introductory Statistical Mechanics

Roger Bowley, Mariana Sanchez (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

301 Seiten

1996
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-851793-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This study explain the ideas and techniques of statistical mechanics in a simple and progressive way, starting from the laws of thermodynamics and simple ideas of quantum mechanics. The reader is led through more complex problems with all the mathematical detail explained.

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The aim of this book is to explain the ideas and techniques of statistical mechanics in a simple and progressive way, starting from the laws of thermodynamics and simple ideas of quantum mechanics. The reader is led through progressively more complex problems with all the mathematical detail explained.

Inhalt

1: The first law of thermodynamics. 2: Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. 3: Probability and statistics. 4: The ideas of statistical mechanics. 5: The canonical ensemble. 6: Identical particles. 7: Maxwell distribution of moelcular speeds. 8: Planck's distribution. 9: Systems with variable numbers of particles. 10: Fermi and Bose particles. Appendix A: Thermodynamics in a magnetic field. Appendix B: Useful integrals. Appendix C: The quantum treatment of a diatonic molecule. Appendix D: Travelling waves. Appendix E: Answers to problems. Appendix F: Physical constants

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.1996
• Zusatzinfo: numerous line figures, tables, bibliography
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 520 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• ISBN-10: 0-19-851793-9 / 0198517939
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-851793-1 / 9780198517931
• Zustand: Neuware