Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, Volume 10This book is devoted to a discussion of some of the basic physical concepts and methods useful in the description of situations involving systems which consist of very many particulars. It attempts, in particular, to introduce the reader to the disciplines of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory from a unified and modern point of view. The presentation emphasizes the essential unity of the subject matter and develops physical insight by stressing the microscopic content of the theory. |
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Page 120
... becomes very large for EE , and that aß / ǝE < 0 . Whenever the energy of the system is significantly greater than its ground state energy Eo , its entropy S is the order of k ln 2 , i.e. , by ( 2.5-9 ) , of the order of kf . As its ...
... becomes very large for EE , and that aß / ǝE < 0 . Whenever the energy of the system is significantly greater than its ground state energy Eo , its entropy S is the order of k ln 2 , i.e. , by ( 2.5-9 ) , of the order of kf . As its ...
Page 183
... becomes strongly repulsive when their separation becomes of the order of a molecular diameter . * At low tempera- tures the mean kinetic energy of a molecule is small . The weak long - range attraction between molecules is then quite ...
... becomes strongly repulsive when their separation becomes of the order of a molecular diameter . * At low tempera- tures the mean kinetic energy of a molecule is small . The weak long - range attraction between molecules is then quite ...
Page 425
... becomes 2π ( 10.4.9 ) or B2 = Ꭱ - 27 3 Ro3 – 2πßuo [ ∞ Ro R2 dR R - 2 R. ( 1-3 ) kT B2 = Ꭱ 3 where we have assumed that s > 3 so that the integral converges . B2 assumes the form where Thus a ' B2 = b ' ( 10.4.10 ) kT b ' = 2π 3 2T ...
... becomes 2π ( 10.4.9 ) or B2 = Ꭱ - 27 3 Ro3 – 2πßuo [ ∞ Ro R2 dR R - 2 R. ( 1-3 ) kT B2 = Ꭱ 3 where we have assumed that s > 3 so that the integral converges . B2 assumes the form where Thus a ' B2 = b ' ( 10.4.10 ) kT b ' = 2π 3 2T ...
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Introduction to statistical methods | 1 |
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE RANDOM WALK | 24 |
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