TY - BOOK AU - Diep,Hung T. TI - Statistical physics: fundamentals and application to condensed matter : with lectures, problems and solutions SN - 9789814696258 U1 - 000SB:530 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Singapore : PB - World Scientific KW - Statistical physics KW - Condensed matter KW - Statistical methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Fundamentals of Statistical Physics: 1. Basic Concepts and Tools in Statistical Physics; 2. Isolated Systems: Micro-Canonical Description; 3. Systems at a Constant Temperature: Canonical Description; 4. Open Systems at Constant Temperature: Grand-Canonical Description; 5. Free Fermi Gas; 6. Free Boson Gas; 7. Systems of Interacting Particles: Method of Second Quantization; Application to Condensed Matter: 8. Symmetry in Crystalline Solids; 9. Interacting Atoms in Crystals: Phonons; 10. Systems of Interacting Electrons - Fermi Liquids; 11. Electrons in Crystalline Solids: Energy Bands; 12. Systems of Interacting Spins: Magnons; 13. Systems of Interacting Spins: Phase Transitions; 14. Superconductivity; 15. Transport in Metals and Semiconductors; Solutions of Problems: Solutions of Problems of Part 1; Solutions of Problems of Part 2; Appendices: Appendix A: Mathematical Complements and Table of Constants; Appendix B: Sommerfeld's Expansion at Low Temperatures; Appendix C: Origin of the Heisenberg Model; Appendix D: Hubbard Model: Superexchange; Appendix E: Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase Transition; Appendix F: Low- and High-Temperature Expansions of the Ising Model N2 - The aim of this book is to provide the fundamentals of statistical physics and its application to condensed matter ER -