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Taylor & Francis Statistical and Thermal Physics An Introduction 2021 Edition by Michael J.R. Hoch
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 opportunitiesSuitable 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. Table of contents : - PART I Classical Thermal Physics:The Microcanonical EnsembleSection IA Introduction to Classical ThermalPhysics Concepts: The First andSecond Laws of ThermodynamicsChapter 1 Introduction: Basic ConceptsChapter 2 Energy: The First LawChapter 3 Entropy: The Second LawSection IB Microstates and the StatisticalInterpretation of EntropyChapter 4 Microstates for Large SystemsChapter 5 Entropy and Temperature: Microscopic Statistical InterpretationChapter 6 Zero Kelvin and the Third LawSection IC Applications of Thermodynamics toGases and Condensed Matter, PhaseTransitions, and Critical PhenomenaChapter 7 Application of Thermodynamics to Gases: The Maxwell RelationsChapter 8 Applications of Thermodynamics to Condensed MatterChapter 9 Phase Transitions and Critical PhenomenaPART II Quantum Statistical Physics andThermal Physics ApplicationsSection IIA The Canonical and Grand CanonicalEnsembles and DistributionsChapter 10 Ensembles and the Canonical DistributionChapter 11 The Grand Canonical DistributionSection IIB Quantum Distribution Functions,Fermi-Dirac and Bose-EinsteinStatistics, Photons, and PhononsChapter 12 The Quantum Distribution FunctionsChapter 13 Ideal Fermi GasChapter 14 Ideal Bose GasChapter 15 Photons and Phonons: The "Planck Gas"Section IIC The Classical Ideal Gas, Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics, Nonideal SystemsChapter 16 The Classical Ideal GasChapter 17 Nonideal SystemsSection IID The Density Matrix, Reactions andRelated Processes, and Introductionto Irreversible ThermodynamicsChapter 18 The Density MatrixChapter 19 Reactions and Related ProcessesChapter 20 Introduction to Irreversible Thermodynamics