Statistical physics of particles /
Kardar, Mehran
Statistical physics of particles / Mehran Kardar. - First Edition - x, 320 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
1. Thermodynamics -- 2. Probability -- 3. Kinetic theory of gases -- 4. Classical statistical mechanics -- 5. Interacting particles -- 6. Quantum statistical mechanics -- 7. Ideal quantum gases -- Solutions to selected problems.
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.
9780521873420 0521873428
2007298691
Statistical mechanics
Statistical physics
Mecánica estadística
Física estadística
QC174.8 / .K37 2007
530.13
Statistical physics of particles / Mehran Kardar. - First Edition - x, 320 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
1. Thermodynamics -- 2. Probability -- 3. Kinetic theory of gases -- 4. Classical statistical mechanics -- 5. Interacting particles -- 6. Quantum statistical mechanics -- 7. Ideal quantum gases -- Solutions to selected problems.
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.
9780521873420 0521873428
2007298691
Statistical mechanics
Statistical physics
Mecánica estadística
Física estadística
QC174.8 / .K37 2007
530.13