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Statistical and Thermal Physics - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Statistical and Thermal Physics - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Thermal and statistical physics has established the principles and
procedures needed to understand and explain the properties of
systems consisting of macroscopically large numbers of particles.
By developing microscopic statistical physics and macroscopic
classical thermodynamic descriptions in tandem, Statistical and
Thermal Physics: An Introduction provides insight into basic
concepts and relationships at an advanced undergraduate level. This
second edition is updated throughout, providing a highly detailed,
profoundly thorough, and comprehensive introduction to the subject
and features exercises within the text as well as end-of-chapter
problems. Part I of this book consists of nine chapters, the first
three of which deal with the basics of equilibrium thermodynamics,
including the fundamental relation. The following three chapters
introduce microstates and lead to the Boltzmann definition of the
entropy using the microcanonical ensemble approach. In developing
the subject, the ideal gas and the ideal spin system are introduced
as models for discussion. The laws of thermodynamics are compactly
stated. The final three chapters in Part I introduce the
thermodynamic potentials and the Maxwell relations. Applications of
thermodynamics to gases, condensed matter, and phase transitions
and critical phenomena are dealt with in detail. Initial chapters
in Part II present the elements of probability theory and establish
the thermodynamic equivalence of the three statistical ensembles
that are used in determining probabilities. The canonical and the
grand canonical distributions are obtained and discussed. Chapters
12-15 are concerned with quantum distributions. By making use of
the grand canonical distribution, the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein
quantum distribution functions are derived and then used to explain
the properties of ideal Fermi and Bose gases. The Planck
distribution is introduced and applied to photons in radiation and
to phonons on solids. The last five chapters cover a variety of
topics: the ideal gas revisited, nonideal systems, the density
matrix, reactions, and irreversible thermodynamics. A flowchart is
provided to assist instructors on planning a course. Key Features:
Fully updated throughout, with new content on exciting topics,
including black hole thermodynamics, Heisenberg antiferromagnetic
chains, entropy and information theory, renewable and nonrenewable
energy sources, and the mean field theory of antiferromagnetic
systems Additional problem exercises with solutions provide further
learning opportunities Suitable for advanced undergraduate students
in physics or applied physics. Michael J.R. Hoch spent many years
as a visiting scientist at the National High Magnetic Field
Laboratory at Florida State University, USA. Prior to this, he was
a professor of physics and the director of the Condensed Matter
Physics Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, where he is currently professor emeritus in the
School of Physics.
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