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Statistical mechanics
| Author/creator | Pathria, R. K. |
| Other author | Beale, Paul D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 3rd ed. / R.K. Pathria, Paul D. Beale. |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, |
| Description | xxvi, 718 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Mathematics 2011 |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The statistical basis of thermodynamics -- Elements of the ensemble theory -- The canonical ensemble -- The grand canonical ensemble -- Formulation of quantum statistics -- The theory of simple gases -- Ideal Bose systems -- Ideal Fermi systems -- Thermodynamics of the early universe -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of cluster expansions -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems : the method of quantized fields -- Phase transitions : criticality, universality, and scaling -- Phase transitions : exact (or almost exact) results for models -- Phase transitions : the renormalization group approach -- Fluctuations and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics -- Computer simulations. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 687-705) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010048955 |
| ISBN | 9780123821881 (pbk.) |