Statistical physics / Michael V. Sadovskii.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadovskiĭ, M. V. (Mikhail Vissarionovich), 1948-

Series:

De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics

De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics ; 18

Standardized Title:

Lekt͡sii po statisticheskoĭ fizike. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Statistical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Language Note:

German

Summary:

This book is essentially based on the lecture course on "Statistical Physics", which was taught by the author at the physical faculty of the Ural State University in Ekaterinburg since 1992. This course was intended for all physics students, not especially for those specializing in theoretical physics. In this sense the material presented here contains the necessary minimum of knowledge of statistical physics (also often called statistical mechanics), which is in author's opinion necessary for every person wishing to obtain a general education in the field of physics. This posed the rather difficult problem of the choice of material and compact enough presentation. At the same time it necessarily should contain all the basic principles of statistical physics, as well as its main applications to different physical problems, mainly from the field of the theory of condensed matter. Extended version of these lectures were published in Russian in 2003. For the present English edition, some of the material was rewritten and several new sections and paragraphs were added, bringing contents more up to date and adding more discussion on some more difficult cases.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1. Basic principles of statistics

Chapter 2. Gibbs distribution

Chapter 3. Classical ideal gas

Chapter 4. Quantum ideal gases

Chapter 5. Condensed matter

Chapter 6. Superconductivity

Chapter 7. Fluctuations

Chapter 8. Phase transitions and critical phenomena

Chapter 9. Linear response

Chapter 10. Kinetic equations

Chapter 11. Basics of the modern theory of many-particle systems

Appendix A. Motion in phase space, ergodicity and mixing

Appendix B. Statistical mechanics and information theory

Appendix C. Nonequilibrium statistical operators

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613940803

1-283-62835-X

3-11-027037-4

OCLC:

820827747