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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... space ( commonly called " phase space " ) . As the coordinate and momentum of the particle change in time , this representative point moves through this phase space . In order to describe the situation in terms where the possible states ...
... space ( commonly called " phase space " ) . As the coordinate and momentum of the particle change in time , this representative point moves through this phase space . In order to describe the situation in terms where the possible states ...
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... phase space . The specification of the state of the system clearly becomes more precise as one decreases the size chosen for the cells into which phase space has been divided , i.e. , as one decreases the magnitude chosen for ho . Of ...
... phase space . The specification of the state of the system clearly becomes more precise as one decreases the size chosen for the cells into which phase space has been divided , i.e. , as one decreases the magnitude chosen for ho . Of ...
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... phase space , draw separately the part of the phase space involving x and x , and that involving p1 and p2 . Indi- cate on these diagrams the regions of phase space accessible to the system . 2.3 Consider an ensemble of classical one ...
... phase space , draw separately the part of the phase space involving x and x , and that involving p1 and p2 . Indi- cate on these diagrams the regions of phase space accessible to the system . 2.3 Consider an ensemble of classical one ...
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Introduction to statistical methods | 1 |
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE RANDOM WALK | 24 |
Statistical description of systems of particles | 47 |
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