Statistical Physics I: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

by Morikazu Toda, M. Toda (Translator), Ryogo Kubo, N. Saito (Translator), Nobuhiko Saito

Overview

Statistical Physics I discusses the fundamentals of equilibrium statistical mechanics, focussing on basic physical aspects. No previous knowledge of thermodynamics or the molecular theory of gases is assumed. Illustrative examples based on simple materials and photon systems elucidate the central ideas and methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540536628
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	01/02/1992
Series:	Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences , #30
Edition description:	Second Edition 1992
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1. General Preliminaries.- 1.1 Overview.- 1.2 Averages.- 1.3 The Liouville Theorem.- 2. Outlines of Statistical Mechanics.- 2.1 The Principles of Statistical Mechanics.- 2.2 Temperature.- 2.3 External Forces.- 2.4 Subsystems with a Given Temperature.- 2.5 Subsystems with a Given Pressure.- 2.6 Subsystems with a Given Chemical Potential.- 2.7 Fluctuation and Correlation.- 2.8 The Third Law of Thermodynamics, Nernst’s Theorem.- 3. Applications.- 3.1 Quantum Statistics.- 3.2 Ideal Gases.- 3.3 Classical Systems.- 4. Phase Transitions.- 4.1 Models.- 4.2 Analyticity of the Partition Function and Thermodynamic Limit.- 4.3 One-Dimensional Systems.- 4.4 Ising Systems.- 4.5 Approximate Theories.- 4.6 Critical Phenomena.- 4.7 Renormalization Group Method.- 5. Ergodic Problems.- 5.1 Some Results from Classical Mechanics.- 5.2 Ergodic Theorems (I).- 5.3 Abstract Dynamical Systems.- 5.4 The Poincaré and Fermi Theorems.- 5.5 Fermi-Pasta-Ulam’s Problem.- 5.6 Third Integrals.- 5.7 The Kolmogorov, Arnol’d and Moser Theorem.- 5.8 Ergodic Theorems (II).- 5.9 Quantum Mechanical Systems.- General Bibliography.- References.- Subject Index,.