Statistical MechanicsUnlike most other texts on the subject, this clear, concise introduction to the theory of microscopic bodies treats the modern theory of critical phenomena. Provides up-to-date coverage of recent major advances, including a self-contained description of thermodynamics and the classical kinetic theory of gases, interesting applications such as superfluids and the quantum Hall effect, several current research applications, The last three chapters are devoted to the Landau-Wilson approach to critical phenomena. Many new problems and illustrations have been added to this edition. |
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... interactions , this distribution will be maintained indefinitely , and the system never becomes Maxwell - Boltzmann . For such a gas thermodynamics is invalid . If there is molecular interaction , no matter how small , the initial ...
... interactions , this distribution will be maintained indefinitely , and the system never becomes Maxwell - Boltzmann . For such a gas thermodynamics is invalid . If there is molecular interaction , no matter how small , the initial ...
Page 274
... interaction potential . Within the range of interaction of any given particle , the probability of finding another particle is small . Therefore ( a ) the effective interaction experienced by a particle is small , even though the ...
... interaction potential . Within the range of interaction of any given particle , the probability of finding another particle is small . Therefore ( a ) the effective interaction experienced by a particle is small , even though the ...
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... interaction in the hard - sphere Bose gas . Hence the system does not form a bound state that can be identified as a ... interaction to the hard - sphere interaction . D APPENDICES appendix A N - BODY SYSTEM OF IDENTICAL 436 Special ...
... interaction in the hard - sphere Bose gas . Hence the system does not form a bound state that can be identified as a ... interaction to the hard - sphere interaction . D APPENDICES appendix A N - BODY SYSTEM OF IDENTICAL 436 Special ...
Contents
THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS | 3 |
SOME APPLICATIONS OF THERMODYNAMICS | 33 |
THE PROBLEM OF KINETIC THEORY | 55 |
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