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In this new textbook, a number of unusual applications are
discussed in addition to the usual topics covered in a course on
Statistical Physics. Examples are: statistical mechanics of
powders, Peierls instability, graphene, Bose-Einstein condensates
in a trap, Casimir effect and the quantum Hall effect.
Superfluidity and super-conductivity (including the physics of
high-temperature superconductors) have also been discussed
extensively.The emphasis on the treatment of these topics is
pedagogic, introducing the basic tenets of statistical mechanics,
with extensive and thorough discussion of the postulates,
ensembles, and the relevant statistics. Many standard examples
illustrate the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical
ensembles, as well as the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac
statistics.A special feature of this text is the detailed
presentation of the theory of second-order phase transitions and
the renormalization group, emphasizing the role of disorder.
Non-equilibrium statistical physics is introduced via the Boltzmann
transport equation. Additional topics covered here include
metastability, glassy systems, the Langevin equation, Brownian
motion, and the Fokker-Planck equation.Graduate students will find
the presentation readily accessible, since the topics have been
treated with great deal of care and attention to detail.
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