Introductory statistical mechanics, Roger Bowley, Mariana Sánchez

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Introductory statistical mechanics, Roger Bowley, Mariana Sánchez

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Roger Bowley, Mariana Sánchez

Instantiates

• Introductory statistical mechanics

Publication

• Oxford, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1999

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-345) and index

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volume

Carrier category code

• nc

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rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• 5.
• The canonical ensemble
• 6.
• Identical particles
• 7.
• Maxwell distribution of molecular speeds
• 8.
• Planck's distribution
• 9.
• Systems with variable numbers of particles
• 1.
• 10.
• Fermi and Bose particles
• 11.
• Phase transitions
• 12.
• Continuous phase transitions
• 13.
• Ginzburg-Landau theory
• A.
• Thermodynamics in a magnetic field
• The first law of thermodynamics
• B.
• Useful integrals
• C.
• The quantum treatment of a diatomic molecule
• D.
• Travelling waves
• E.
• Partial differentials and thermodynamics
• F.
• Van der Waals equation
• 2.
• G.
• Answers to problems
• H.
• Physical constants
• Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics
• 3.
• Probability and statistics
• 4.
• The ideas of statistical mechanics

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980099025577

Dimensions

24 cm.

Edition

2nd ed

Extent

xv, 352 p.

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9780198505761

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

Original version note

Originally published 1996.

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ill

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b1807627