Statistical mechanics/ R.K. Pathria.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1997Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 529 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 97881473264; 0750624698Subject(s): Statistical mechanics | Thermodynamics | Kinetic theory of gasesDDC classification: 530.13Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books Science Library | Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section | 530.13 PAT/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Books For SU Science Library | P05654 |
Historical introduction;
The statistical basis of thermodynamics;
Elements of the ensemble theory;
The canonical ensemble;
The grand canonical ensemble;
Formulation of quantum statistics;
The theory of simple gases;
Ideal Bose systems;
Ideal Fermi systems;
Statistical mechanics of interacting systems:
The method of cluster explansions, the method of quantized fields;
Phase transitions: critically, universality and scaling, exact (or almost exact) results for the various models, the renormalization group approach;
Fluctuations.
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