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Introduction to statistical physics/

Huang, Kerson.

Introduction to statistical physics/ Kerson Huang. - 2nd ed. - New Delhi: CRC Press, 2010. - xiii, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

1. Introduction to Statistical Methods --
2. Statistical Description of a Physical System --
3. Overview of Classical Thermodynamics --
4. Microcanonical Ensemble --
5. Canonical Ensemble --
6. The Classical Gas in the Canonical Formalism --
7. The Grand Canonical and Pressure Ensembles --
8. The Ideal Quantum Gas --
9. The Ideal Fermi Gas --
10. Free Bosons: Bose-Einstein Condensation; Photon Gas --
11. Phonons and Magnons --
12. Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena: Classical Theories --
13. The Ising Model --
14. Scaling Theories and the Renormalization Group --
15. Nonequilibrium Phenomena: I. Kinetic Methods --
16. Nonequilibrium phenomena: II. Stochastic Methods --
A.1. Stirling's asymptotic series --
A.2. Gaussian integrals --
A.3. Dirac's delta function --
A.4. Volume of a hypersphere --
A.5. Jacobian transformations --
A.6. The saddle-point method --
A.7. Numerical constants.

ISBN: 9781420079029

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statistical physics.

Dewey Class. No.: 530.1595 / HUA/I