Title: Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics /
Authors: Greiner, Walter, 1935-2016.; Neise, Ludwig.; Stöcker, Horst.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Thermodynamics; Statistical mechanics.; Quantum statistics.; Physics
Abstract: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics covers: Thermodynamics - basic definitions of thermodynamics, equilibrium, state variables - the first and second laws - phase transitions and chemical reactions - thermodynamic potentials Statistical Mechanics - statistics of microscopic states and connection to the entropy - the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles - applications of Boltzmann statistics Quantum Statistics - the density operator - many-particle wave functions - ideal quantum systems - the ideal Bose gas and applications to blackbody radiation, Kirchhoff's law, and lattice vibrations - the ideal Fermi gas and applications to condensed-matter physics, astrophysics, and nuclear physics - relativistic Bose and Fermi gases and applications to particle
Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Thermodynamics: Equilibrium and State Quantities -- The Laws of Thermodynamics -- Phase Transitions and Chemical Reactions -- Thermodynamic Potentials -- Statistical Mechanics: Number of Microstates Û and Entropy S -- Ensemble Theory and the Microcanonical Ensemble -- The Canonical Ensemble -- Application of Boltzmann Statistics -- The Macrocanonical Ensemble. Quantum Statistics: Density Operators -- The Symmetry Character of Many-Particle Wavefunctions -- Grand Canonical Description of Ideal Quantum Systems -- The Ideal Bose Gas -- Ideal Fermi Gas -- Applications of Relativistic Bose and Fermi Gases -- Real Gases and Phase Transitions: Real Gases -- Classification of Phase Transitions -- The Models of Ising and Heisenberg -- Index.