Title Statements
- Full title :Statistical thermodynamics for beginners / Howard D. Stidham, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):World Scientific
- Place of Publication:New Jersey
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789813149946, 9813149949
- oclc:on1020624011
- LC Classification:QC311.5.S485 2016
- Dewey Decimal:536.7015195
Table of Contents
Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Review of Classical Mechanics and Thermodynamics; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Review of Classical Mechanics; 1.3. Review of Essential Features of Thermodynamics; Appendix; Problems; Chapter 2. The Basis of Statistical Mechanics; 2.1. Averaging; 2.2. Ensembles; 2.3. Determination of β; 2.4. Comparison of Ensembles; 2.4.1. The microcanonical ensemble; 2.4.2. The canonical ensemble; 2.4.3. The grand canonical ensemble; Problems; Chapter 3. Steepest Descent; Reference; Chapter 4. Gaussian Distribution, Ensemble Equivalence and Fluctuations.
4.1. The Effect of the Density of States on the Probability4.2. Gaussian Nature of f(E) or P(E); 4.3. Ensemble Equivalence; 4.4. Fluctuations in N; 4.5. Cross Terms; Problems; References; Chapter 5. A Variational Principle, Phase Space, Classical Averaging and Ω; 5.1. Variational Principle; 5.2. Phase Space; 5.3. Classical Averaging and Ω; Problems; References; Chapter 6. Gases; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Translation; 6.3. The Ideal Gas Equation of State; 6.4. Sackurâ#x80;#x93;Tetrode Translational Entropy; 6.5. Rotation; 6.6. Vibration; 6.7. Anharmonicity; Problems; References.
Chapter 7. Homonuclear Diatomic Mol…
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