Statistical Thermodynamics:
Understanding the Properties of Macroscopic Systems
Lukong Cornelius Fai - ICTP Trieste, Italy; University of Dschang, Cameroon
Gary Matthew Wysin - Kansas State University, U.S.A.
Published 2013,
Taylor & Francis Group of CRC Press
Chapter Titles
- i. Preface
- ii. Author Biographies
- 1. Basic Principles of Statistical Physics
- 2. Thermodynamic Functions
- 3. Canonical Distribution
- 4. Ideal Gases
- 5. Quantum statistics of Ideal Gases
- 6. Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field
- 7. Magnetic and Dielectric Materials
- 8. Lattice Dynamics
- 9. Condensed Bodies
- 10. Multiphase Systems
- 11. Macroscopic Quantum Effects:
Superfluid Liquid Helium- 12. Nonideal Classical Gases
- 13. Functional Integration in Statistical Physics
- ii. Author Biographies
Temperature dependence of the entropy of a paramagnet at
different applied magnetic fields.
The phase diagram of helium-4 near the transition temperature (λ-point).