Introduction to Statistical Physics
£50.99
- Authors:
- João Paulo Casquilho, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
- Paulo Ivo Cortez Teixeira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
- Date Published: December 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107053786
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Rigorous and comprehensive, this textbook introduces undergraduate students to simulation methods in statistical physics. The book covers a number of topics, including the thermodynamics of magnetic and electric systems; the quantum-mechanical basis of magnetism; ferrimagnetism, antiferromagnetism, spin waves and magnons; liquid crystals as a non-ideal system of technological relevance; and diffusion in an external potential. It also covers hot topics such as cosmic microwave background, magnetic cooling and Bose–Einstein condensation. The book provides an elementary introduction to simulation methods through algorithms in pseudocode for random walks, the 2D Ising model, and a model liquid crystal. Any formalism is kept simple and derivations are worked out in detail to ensure the material is accessible to students from subjects other than physics.
Read more- Covers topics not usually featured in introductory statistical physics textbooks, including hot topics such as cosmic microwave background, magnetic cooling and Bose–Einstein condensation
- Provides an elementary introduction to simulation methods at a level that is accessible to undergraduates in fields other than physics
- No extensive knowledge of quantum mechanics or analytical mechanics is assumed
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- Date Published: December 2014
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107053786
- length: 346 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 195 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.9kg
- contains: 96 b/w illus. 70 exercises
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Random walks
2. Review of thermodynamics
3. The postulates of statistical physics. Thermodynamic equilibrium
4. Statistical thermodynamics – developments and applications
5. The classical ideal gas
6. The quantum ideal gas
7. Magnetism
8. The Ising model
9. Liquid crystals
10. Phase transitions and critical phenomena
11. Irreversible processes
Appendixes
Index.
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