Toda / Kubo / Saito Statistical Physics I

Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
2. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-3-642-58134-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 30, 256 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences

Statistical Physics I discusses the fundamentals of equilibrium statistical mechanics, focussing on basic physical aspects. No previous knowledge of thermodynamics or the molecular theory of gases is assumed. Illustrative examples based on simple materials and photon systems elucidate the central ideas and methods.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toda, Morikazu

Kubo, Ryogo

Saito, Nobuhiko

Weitere Mitwirkende

Toda, M.

Saito, N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General Preliminaries.- 1.1 Overview.- 1.2 Averages.- 1.3 The Liouville Theorem.- 2. Outlines of Statistical Mechanics.- 2.1 The Principles of Statistical Mechanics.- 2.2 Temperature.- 2.3 External Forces.- 2.4 Subsystems with a Given Temperature.- 2.5 Subsystems with a Given Pressure.- 2.6 Subsystems with a Given Chemical Potential.- 2.7 Fluctuation and Correlation.- 2.8 The Third Law of Thermodynamics, Nernst’s Theorem.- 3. Applications.- 3.1 Quantum Statistics.- 3.2 Ideal Gases.- 3.3 Classical Systems.- 4. Phase Transitions.- 4.1 Models.- 4.2 Analyticity of the Partition Function and Thermodynamic Limit.- 4.3 One-Dimensional Systems.- 4.4 Ising Systems.- 4.5 Approximate Theories.- 4.6 Critical Phenomena.- 4.7 Renormalization Group Method.- 5. Ergodic Problems.- 5.1 Some Results from Classical Mechanics.- 5.2 Ergodic Theorems (I).- 5.3 Abstract Dynamical Systems.- 5.4 The Poincaré and Fermi Theorems.- 5.5 Fermi-Pasta-Ulam’s Problem.- 5.6 Third Integrals.- 5.7 The Kolmogorov, Arnol’d and Moser Theorem.- 5.8 Ergodic Theorems (II).- 5.9 Quantum Mechanical Systems.- General Bibliography.- References.- Subject Index,.