Description: Topics In Statistical MechanicsAuthor(s): Brian Cowan Format: Paperback Publisher: Imperial College Press, United Kingdom Imprint: Imperial College Press ISBN-13: 9781860945694, 978-1860945694 Synopsis 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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Book Title: Topics In Statistical Mechanics
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Publication Year: 2005
Subject: Mechanics
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Topics in Statistical Mechanics
Type: Textbook
Author: Brian Cowan
Series: Imperial College Press Advanced Physics Texts
Format: Paperback
