Name: Topics in Statistical Mechanics
SKU: 25684101
Author: Cowan, Brian
ISBN: 9781860945649

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Author

Brian Cowan

Publisher

Imperial College Press

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6x16.4x2.3 cm

Weight

0.62 kg.

ISBN

1860945643

ISBN13

9781860945649

Synopsis "Topics in Statistical Mechanics"

Building on the material learned by students in their first few years of study, this book presents an advanced level course on statistical and thermal physics. It begins with a review of the formal structure of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics considered from a unified viewpoint. After a brief revision of non-interacting systems, emphasis is laid on interacting systems. First, weakly interacting systems are considered, where the interest is in seeing how such interactions cause small deviations from the non-interacting case. Second, systems are examined where interactions lead to drastic changes, namely phase transitions. A number of specific examples are given, and these are unified within the Landau theory of phase transitions. The final chapter of the book looks at non-equilibrium systems and the way these evolve towards equilibrium. Here, fluctuations play a vital role, as is formalized in the Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem.

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