Statistical and Thermal Physics: An IntroductionConcepts and relationships in thermal and statistical physics form the foundation for describing systems consisting of macroscopically large numbers of particles. Developing microscopic statistical physics and macroscopic classical thermodynamic descriptions in tandem, Statistical and Thermal Physics: An Introduction provides insight into basic con |
Contents
Introduction Basic Concepts
| 5 |
Energy The First Law
| 23 |
Entropy The Second Law
| 47 |
Microstates for Large Systems
| 75 |
Entropy and Temperature Microscopic Statistical Interpretation
| 95 |
Zero Kelvin and the Third Law
| 115 |
Application of Thermodynamics to Gases The Maxwell Relations
| 131 |
Applications of Thermodynamics to Condensed Matter
| 159 |
Photons and PhononsThe Planck Gas
| 285 |
The Classical Ideal Gas
| 305 |
Nonideal Systems
| 323 |
The Density Matrix
| 349 |
Reactions and Related Processes
| 365 |
Introduction to Irreversible Thermodynamics
| 379 |
Useful Mathematical Relationships
| 397 |
The Binomial Distribution
| 399 |
Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
| 173 |
Ensembles and the Canonical Distribution
| 197 |
The Grand Canonical Distribution
| 221 |
The Quantum Distribution Functions
| 237 |
Ideal Fermi Gas
| 253 |
Ideal Bose Gas
| 273 |
Elements of Quantum Mechanics
| 403 |
The Legendre Transform in Thermodynamics
| 409 |
Recommended Texts on Statistical and Thermal Physics
| 413 |
Back Cover | 415 |
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