Statistical and Thermal Physics (eBook)

With Computer Applications, Second Edition

Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
528 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23084-9 (ISBN)

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A completely revised edition that combines a comprehensive coverage of statistical and thermal physics with enhanced computational tools, accessibility, and active learning activities to meet the needs of today's students and educatorsThis revised and expanded edition of Statistical and Thermal Physics introduces students to the essential ideas and techniques used in many areas of contemporary physics. Ready-to-run programs help make the many abstract concepts concrete. The text requires only a background in introductory mechanics and some basic ideas of quantum theory, discussing material typically found in undergraduate texts as well as topics such as fluids, critical phenomena, and computational techniques, which serve as a natural bridge to graduate study.Completely revised to be more accessible to studentsEncourages active reading with guided problems tied to the textUpdated open source programs available in Java, Python, and JavaScriptIntegrates Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations and other numerical techniquesSelf-contained introductions to thermodynamics and probability, including Bayes' theoremA fuller discussion of magnetism and the Ising model than other undergraduate textsTreats ideal classical and quantum gases within a uniform frameworkFeatures a new chapter on transport coefficients and linear response theoryDraws on findings from contemporary researchSolutions manual (available only to instructors)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.9.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 105 line illus. 35 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: antiferromagnetism • atomic theory • Boltzmann distribution • Boltzmann equation • Bose–Einstein condensate • Bose–Einstein statistics • BoseЅinstein condensate • BoseЅinstein statistics • chemical physics • chemical potential • classical electromagnetism • Classical fluids • classical mechanics • Correlation function (quantum field theory) • Critical point (thermodynamics) • density of states • Diffusion Equation • Dirac equation • Dirac fermion • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Einstein relation (kinetic theory) • Einstein solid • Energy–momentum relation • EnergyЭomentum relation • Ensemble average (statistical mechanics) • Enthalpy of fusion • Enthalpy of sublimation • Enthalpy of vaporization • Entropy • Entropy of Mixing • Equation of State • Equation of state (cosmology) • Equilibrium Thermodynamics • Fermi–Dirac statistics • Fermi energy • Fermi Gas • Fermion • Fermi surface • FermiЄirac statistics • first law of thermodynamics • fluctuation-dissipation theorem • Fundamental thermodynamic relation • Gravitational constant • Harmonic oscillator • heat capacity • Heisenberg model (quantum) • ideal gas • Inversion temperature • Ising Model • Isothermal process • kinetic theory of gases • laws of thermodynamics • magnetic susceptibility • Magnetic trap (atoms) • magnetization • mass–energy equivalence • MassХnergy equivalence • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • MaxwellЂoltzmann distribution • Mean field theory • Microstate (statistical mechanics) • Molecular Vibration • Monatomic gas • Neutrino • Particle number • Particle physics • Partition function (statistical mechanics) • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • phase transition • Physics • physics beyond the standard model • Plasma (physics) • Probability • Quantity • quantum electrodynamics • quantum field theory • quantum harmonic oscillator • quantum mechanics • Quasistatic process • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics • Reversible process (thermodynamics) • second law of thermodynamics • Spin–statistics theorem • Spinгtatistics theorem • Statistical Mechanics • Statistical Physics • Superconductivity • Superfluidity • Temperature • Test particle • theoretical physics • thermal conductivity • Thermal contact • Thermal de Broglie wavelength • thermal equilibrium • thermal physics • Thermodynamic Cycle • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • Thermodynamic Limit • Thermodynamic Potential • Thermodynamic process • thermodynamics • Thermodynamic state • Thermodynamic system • Thermodynamic Temperature • Third law of thermodynamics • Units of energy
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23084-6 / 0691230846
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23084-9 / 9780691230849