Author : Birger Bergersen
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 1994-12-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9813103175
This book contains solutions to the problems found in Equilibrium Statistical Physics, 2nd Edition, by the same authors.
Author : Michael Plischke
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789810216429
This textbook concentrates on modern topics in statistical physics with an emphasis on strongly interacting condensed matter systems. The book is self-contained and is suitable for beginning graduate students in physics and materials science or undergraduates who have taken an introductory course in statistical mechanics. Phase transitions and critical phenomena are discussed in detail including mean field and Landau theories and the renormalization group approach. The theories are applied to a number of interesting systems such as magnets, liquid crystals, polymers, membranes, interacting Bose and Fermi fluids; disordered systems, percolation and spin of equilibrium concepts are also discussed. Computer simulations of condensed matter systems by Monte Carlo-based and molecular dynamics methods are treated.
Author : Kerson Huang
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 33,83 MB
Release : 2001-09-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1420055763
Statistical physics is a core component of most undergraduate (and some post-graduate) physics degree courses. It is primarily concerned with the behavior of matter in bulk-from boiling water to the superconductivity of metals. Ultimately, it seeks to uncover the laws governing random processes, such as the snow on your TV screen. This essential new textbook guides the reader quickly and critically through a statistical view of the physical world, including a wide range of physical applications to illustrate the methodology. It moves from basic examples to more advanced topics, such as broken symmetry and the Bose-Einstein equation. To accompany the text, the author, a renowned expert in the field, has written a Solutions Manual/Instructor's Guide, available free of charge to lecturers who adopt this book for their courses. Introduction to Statistical Physics will appeal to students and researchers in physics, applied mathematics and statistics.
Author : Tuck C. Choy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 28,20 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198705093
This book is devoted to effective medium theory (EMT). It provides a solid foundation of the principles and later shows numerous applications to various fields of physics, material science and applied physics and chemistry. It is intended to be a useful research reference as well as a graduate student text
Author : Steven H. Strogatz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 859 pages
File Size : 16,4 MB
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0429680155
This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors.
Author : Silvio Salinas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 2001-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387951195
This textbook covers the basic principles of statistical physics and thermodynamics. The text is pitched at the level equivalent to first-year graduate studies or advanced undergraduate studies. It presents the subject in a straightforward and lively manner. After reviewing the basic probability theory of classical thermodynamics, the author addresses the standard topics of statistical physics. The text demonstrates their relevance in other scientific fields using clear and explicit examples. Later chapters introduce phase transitions, critical phenomena and non-equilibrium phenomena.
Author : R.K. Pathria
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 50,28 MB
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 1483186881
Statistical Mechanics discusses the fundamental concepts involved in understanding the physical properties of matter in bulk on the basis of the dynamical behavior of its microscopic constituents. The book emphasizes the equilibrium states of physical systems. The text first details the statistical basis of thermodynamics, and then proceeds to discussing the elements of ensemble theory. The next two chapters cover the canonical and grand canonical ensemble. Chapter 5 deals with the formulation of quantum statistics, while Chapter 6 talks about the theory of simple gases. Chapters 7 and 8 examine the ideal Bose and Fermi systems. In the next three chapters, the book covers the statistical mechanics of interacting systems, which includes the method of cluster expansions, pseudopotentials, and quantized fields. Chapter 12 discusses the theory of phase transitions, while Chapter 13 discusses fluctuations. The book will be of great use to researchers and practitioners from wide array of disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, and engineering.
Author : James Sethna
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 2006-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191566217
In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods. Sethna's book takes this step for statistical mechanics - a field rooted in physics and chemistry whose ideas and methods are now central to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students in all of these fields, Sethna limits his main presentation to the topics that future mathematicians and biologists, as well as physicists and chemists, will find fascinating and central to their work. The amazing breadth of the field is reflected in the author's large supply of carefully crafted exercises, each an introduction to a whole field of study: everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe.
Author : Mehran Kardar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 2007-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139464876
Statistical physics has its origins in attempts to describe the thermal properties of matter in terms of its constituent particles, and has played a fundamental role in the development of quantum mechanics. Based on lectures taught by Professor Kardar at MIT, this textbook introduces the central concepts and tools of statistical physics. It contains a chapter on probability and related issues such as the central limit theorem and information theory, and covers interacting particles, with an extensive description of the van der Waals equation and its derivation by mean field approximation. It also contains an integrated set of problems, with solutions to selected problems at the end of the book and a complete set of solutions is available to lecturers on a password protected website at www.cambridge.org/9780521873420. A companion volume, Statistical Physics of Fields, discusses non-mean field aspects of scaling and critical phenomena, through the perspective of renormalization group.
Author : David Chandler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780195042764
Lectures on elementary statistical mechanics, taught at the University of Illinois and at the University of Pennsylvania.
