Introduction to statistical physics/
Kerson Huang
- 2nd ed.
- Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2010.
- xiii, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
A macroscopic view of matter -- Heat and entropy -- Using thermodynamics -- Phase transitions -- The statistical approach -- Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution -- Transport phenomena -- Canonical ensemble -- Grand canonical ensemble -- Noise -- Stochastic processes -- Timer-series analysis -- THe Langevin equation -- Quantun statistics -- Quantum ensembles -- The Fermi gas -- The Bose gase -- Bose-Einstein condensation -- The order parameter -- Superfluidity -- Superconductivity.