Statistical physics of crystals and liquids : a guide to highly accurate equations of state / Duane C. Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Duane C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equations of state.

Crystals--Statistical methods.

Crystals.

Liquids--Statistical methods.

Liquids.

Statistical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important book presents a unified formulation from first principles of the Hamiltonian and statistical mechanics of metallic and insulating crystals, amorphous solids, and liquids. Extensive comparison of theory and experiment provides an accurate understanding of the statistical properties of phonons, electrons, and phonon - phonon and electron - phonon interactions in elemental crystals and liquids. Questions are posed along the following lines: What is the "best" theory for a given property? How accurate is a good theory? What information is gained by a comparison of theory and experiment? How accurate is a good experiment?

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Condensed Matter Hamiltonian; 1 NATURE OF CONDENSED MATTER; 2 DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; 3 ELECTRONIC EXCITED STATES IN METALS; 4 TOTAL HAMILTONIAN; 5 NEARLY-FREE-ELECTRON METALS; Chapter 2 Statistical Mechanics; 6 AVERAGING TECHNIQUES; 7 QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS; 8 THERMOELASTICITY; 9 CLASSICAL STATISTICS: DERIVATION; 10 CLASSICAL STATISTICS: APPLICATIONS; 11 INTERPRETATION OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS; Chapter 3 Lattice Dynamics; 12 LATTICE STATICS; 13 QUASIHARMONIC PHONONS; 14 THEORY AND EXPERIMENT; 15 EXPERIMENTAL PHONON DATA

Chapter 4 Statistical Mechanics of Crystals16 QUANTUM NUCLEAR MOTION; 17 CLASSICAL NUCLEAR MOTION; 18 ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; 19 LEARNING FROM THERMODYNAMIC DATA; 20 CRYSTAL EQUATION OF STATE; Chapter 5 Liquid Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics; 21 CONFIGURATIONAL CORRELATIONS IN A MONATOMIC LIQUID; 22 MELTING OF ELEMENTS; 23 LIQUID DYNAMICS THEORY; 24 VERIFICATION FROM COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; 25 LIQUID EQUATION OF STATE; Chapter 6 Phase Transitions and Nonequilibrium Processes; 26 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS; 27 NONEQUILIBRIUM PROCESSES; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-302) and index.

ISBN:

9786611871840

9781281871848

1281871842

9789812388827

9812388826

OCLC:

861537726