Statistical mechanics : theory and molecular simulation / Mark E. Tuckerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuckerman, Mark E. (Mark Edward)

Contributor:

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Oxford graduate texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistical mechanics.

Physical Description:

xv, 696 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Contents:

1. Classical mechanics

2. Theoretical foundations of classical statistical mechanics

3. The microcanonical ensemble and introduction to molecular dynamics

4. The canonical ensemble

5. The isobaric ensembles

6. The grand canonical ensemble

7. Monte Carlo

8. Free energy calculations

9. Quantum mechanics

10. Quantum ensembles and the density matrix

11. The quantum ideal gases: Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics

12. The Feynman path integral

13. Classical time-dependent statistical mechanics

14. Quantum time-dependent statistical mechanics

15. The Langevin and generalized Langevin equations

16. Critical phenomena

Appendix A. Properties of the Dirac delta-function

Appendix B. Evaluation of energies and forces

Appendix C. Proof of the Trotter theorem

Appendix D. Laplace transforms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [671]-686) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9780198525264

0198525265

OCLC:

551495372