Die Autoren führen in sich geschlossen in grundlegende Theorien der gleichgewichtsstatistischen Mechanik ein. Das Buch wendet sich an Studenten vor der Promotion. Besonderes Gewicht liegt auf der Darstellung fundamentaler Prinzipien und einfacher physikalischer Beispiele.
Statistical Physics I discusses the fundamentals of equilibrium statistical mechanics, focussing on basic physical aspects. No previous knowledge of thermodynamics or the molecular theory of gases is assumed. Illustrative examples based on simple materials and photon systems elucidate the central ideas and methods.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. General Preliminaries. - 1. 1 Overview. - 1. 2 Averages. - 1. 3 The Liouville Theorem. - 2. Outlines of Statistical Mechanics. - 2. 1 The Principles of Statistical Mechanics. - 2. 2 Temperature. - 2. 3 External Forces. - 2. 4 Subsystems with a Given Temperature. - 2. 5 Subsystems with a Given Pressure. - 2. 6 Subsystems with a Given Chemical Potential. - 2. 7 Fluctuation and Correlation. - 2. 8 The Third Law of Thermodynamics, Nernst s Theorem. - 3. Applications. - 3. 1 Quantum Statistics. - 3. 2 Ideal Gases. - 3. 3 Classical Systems. - 4. Phase Transitions. - 4. 1 Models. - 4. 2 Analyticity of the Partition Function and Thermodynamic Limit. - 4. 3 One-Dimensional Systems. - 4. 4 Ising Systems. - 4. 5 Approximate Theories. - 4. 6 Critical Phenomena. - 4. 7 Renormalization Group Method. - 5. Ergodic Problems. - 5. 1 Some Results from Classical Mechanics. - 5. 2 Ergodic Theorems (I). - 5. 3 Abstract Dynamical Systems. - 5. 4 The Poincaré and Fermi Theorems. - 5. 5 Fermi-Pasta-Ulam s Problem. - 5. 6 Third Integrals. - 5. 7 The Kolmogorov, Arnol d and Moser Theorem. - 5. 8 Ergodic Theorems (II). - 5. 9 Quantum Mechanical Systems. - General Bibliography. - References. - Subject Index, .
