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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... molecules as a function of the intermolecular separation has the qualitative shape shown in Fig . 2.8 . The attractive part of the potential energy originates from the mutual electric polarization of the two molecules and the repulsive ...
... molecules as a function of the intermolecular separation has the qualitative shape shown in Fig . 2.8 . The attractive part of the potential energy originates from the mutual electric polarization of the two molecules and the repulsive ...
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... molecules and yet small enough so that compared to macroscopic dimensions they are essen- tially points . That such a choice is pos- sible can be seen by an example . Under standard conditions there are about 3 x 1019 molecules / cc in ...
... molecules and yet small enough so that compared to macroscopic dimensions they are essen- tially points . That such a choice is pos- sible can be seen by an example . Under standard conditions there are about 3 x 1019 molecules / cc in ...
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Kerson Huang. the number of molecules in B at tôt , as ôt → 0 , equals the original number of molecules in A at time t plus the net gain of molecules in A due to collisions during the time interval dt . This statement is the content of ...
Kerson Huang. the number of molecules in B at tôt , as ôt → 0 , equals the original number of molecules in A at time t plus the net gain of molecules in A due to collisions during the time interval dt . This statement is the content of ...
Contents
THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS | 3 |
SOME APPLICATIONS OF THERMODYNAMICS | 33 |
THE PROBLEM OF KINETIC THEORY | 55 |
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