This third edition includes new sections on Bose-Einstein condensation and degenerate Fermi behavior of ultracold atomic gases, and two new chapters on computer simulation methods and the thermodynamics of the early universe. We have also added new sections on chemical and phase equilibrium, and expanded our discussions of correlations and scattering, quantized fields, finite-size effects and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. We hope this new edition will continue to provide new generations of students with a solid training in the methods of statistical physics.
目 錄
Historical introduction;
The statistical basis of thermodynamics;
Elements of the ensemble theory;
The canonical ensemble;
The grand canonical ensemble;
Formulation of quantum statistics;
The theory of simple gases;
Ideal Bose systems;
Ideal Fermi systems;
Thermodynamics of the Early Universe;
Statistical mechanics of interacting systems: The method of cluster explansions, the method of quantized fields;
Phase transitions: critically, universality and scaling, exact (or almost exact) results for the various models, the renormalization group approach;
Fluctuations and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics;
Computer Simulations;
Appendixes;
Bibliography;
Index
