Statistical mechanics

by Pathria, R. K.

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Full title :Statistical mechanics / R.K. Pathria, Paul D. Beale.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Butterworth-Heinemann, imprint of Elsevier, Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

Notes

Previous edition / R.K. Pathria. Published: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvi, 718 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780123821881, 0123821886
oclc:ocn748704901
LC Classification:QC174.8
Dewey Decimal:530.13

Historical introduction; The statistical basis of thermodynamics; Elements of the ensemble theory; The canonical ensemble; The grand canonical ensemble; Formulation of quantum statistics; The theory of simple gases; Ideal Bose systems; Ideal Fermi systems; Statistical mechanics of interacting systems: The method of cluster explansions, the method of quantized fields; Phase transitions: critically, universality and scaling, exact (or almost exact) results for the various models, the renormalization group approach; Fluctuations.

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