Statistical mechanics
Contributors: Beale, Paul D.
Edition: 3rd ed. / R.K. Pathria, Paul D. Beale.
Publisher: Elsevier/Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 718
ISBN-13: 9780123821881
Subjects: Statistical mechanics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 687-705) and index.
Table of contents: title: The statistical basis of thermodynamics; title: Elements of the ensemble theory; title: The canonical ensemble; title: The grand canonical ensemble; title: Formulation of quantum statistics; title: The theory of simple gases; title: Ideal Bose systems; title: Ideal Fermi systems; title: Thermodynamics of the early universe; title: Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of cluster expansions; title: Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of quantized fields; title: Phase transitions : criticality, universality, and scaling; title: Phase transitions : exact (or almost exact) results for models; title: Phase transitions : the renormalization group approach; title: Fluctuations and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; title: Computer simulations.