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Statistical mechanics : an introduction / Evelyn Guha.

By: Publication details: New Delhi : Narosa, c2008.Description: x, 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9788173197482
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 G942 530.13
Contents:
1. Statistical description of systems -- 2. Evaluation of the number of microstates in the microcanonical formalism -- 3. Classical statistical mechanics -- 4. The microcanonical ensemble : distribution functions for ideal gases : the density matrix -- 5. The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution -- 6. The Bose-Einstein distribution. Applications to some simple systems -- 7. The Fermi-Dirac distribution : some ideal Fermi systems -- 8. The Canonical ensemble : some applications -- 9. The grand canonical ensemble -- 10. Applications.
Summary: This text has been written keeping in mind the student who encounters statistical mechanics for the first time. Starting with a statistical view of the physical world, the basic concepts of macrostates and microstates of a system are discussed with much care using many examples to illustrate abstract ideas.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 530.13 G942 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 135292
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Second Reprint 2013.

Includes index.

1. Statistical description of systems --
2. Evaluation of the number of microstates in the microcanonical formalism --
3. Classical statistical mechanics --
4. The microcanonical ensemble : distribution functions for ideal gases : the density matrix --
5. The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution --
6. The Bose-Einstein distribution. Applications to some simple systems --
7. The Fermi-Dirac distribution : some ideal Fermi systems --
8. The Canonical ensemble : some applications --
9. The grand canonical ensemble --
10. Applications.

This text has been written keeping in mind the student who encounters statistical mechanics for the first time. Starting with a statistical view of the physical world, the basic concepts of macrostates and microstates of a system are discussed with much care using many examples to illustrate abstract ideas.

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