Print version: Huang, Kerson Introduction to Statistical Physics Milton : CRC Press LLC,c2009 ISBN 9781420079029
Front cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. A Macroscopic View of Matter -- Chapter 2. Heat and Entropy -- Chapter 3. Using Thermodynamics -- Chapter 4. Phase Transitions -- Chapter 5. The Statistical Approach -- Chapter 6. Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution -- Chapter 7. Transport Phenomena -- Chapter 8. Canonical Ensemble -- Chapter 9. Grand Canonical Ensemble -- Chapter 10. Noise -- Chapter 11. Stochastic Processes -- Chapter 12. Time-Series Analysis -- Chapter 13. The Langevin Equation -- Chapter 14. Quantum Statistics -- Chapter 15. Quantum Ensembles -- Chapter 16. The Fermi Gas -- Chapter 17. The Bose Gas -- Chapter 18. Bose-Einstein Condensation -- Chapter 19. The Order Parameter -- Chapter 20. Superfluidity -- Chapter 21. Superconductivity -- Appendix -- Index -- Back cover.
Written by a world-renowned theoretical physicist, this textbook thoroughly familiarizes advanced undergraduate students with the different aspects of statistical physics. Along with many new exercises, this second edition expands discussion of phase transition in thermodynamics, covers stochastic processes in greater depth, reflects current research and emerging technology concerning Bose-Einstein condensation, and makes the Ginsburg-Landau theory of the order parameter accessible to students. The methodology is illustrated with applications in information theory, the stock market, computer simulations, semiconductors, and more. A solutions manual is available upon qualifying course adoption..