Principles of Statistical Physics : Distributions, Structures, Phenomena, Kinetics of Atomic Systems


Boris M. Smirnov
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2006.
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1 online resource (476 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Principles of Statistical Physics; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I Statistical Physics of Atomic Systems; 2 Basic Distributions in Systems of Particles; 2.1 The Normal or Gaussian Distribution; 2.2 Specifics of Statistical Physics; 2.3 Temperature; 2.4 The Gibbs Principle; 2.5 The Boltzmann Distribution; 2.6 Statistical Weight, Entropy and the Partition Function; 2.7 The Maxwell Distribution; 2.8 Mean Parameters of an Ensemble of Free Particles; 2.9 Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Statistics; 2.10 Distribution of Particle Density in External Fields; 2.11 Fluctuations in a Plasma. - 3 Bose-Einstein Distribution3.1 Laws of Black Body Radiation; 3.2 Spontaneous and Stimulated Emission; 3.3 Vibrations of Diatomic Nuclei; 3.4 Structures of Solids; 3.5 Structures of Clusters; 3.6 Vibrations of Nuclei in Crystals; 3.7 Cluster Oscillations; 3.8 Debye Model; 3.9 Distributions in Molecular Gas; 3.10 Bose Condensation; 3.11 Helium at Low Temperatures; 3.12 Superfluidity; 4 Fermi-Dirac Distribution; 4.1 Degenerate Electron Gas; 4.2 Plasma of Metals; 4.3 Degenerate Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field; 4.4 Wigner Crystal; 4.5 The Thomas-Fermi Model of the Atom. - 4.6 Shell Structure of Atoms4.7 Sequence of Filling of Electron Shells; 4.8 The Jellium Model of Metallic Clusters; 4.9 Shell Structure of Clusters; 4.10 Clusters with Pair Interaction of Atoms as Fermi Systems; 4.11 Partition Function of a Weakly Excited Cluster; 5 Equilibria Between States of Discrete and Continuous Spectra; 5.1 The Saha Distribution; 5.2 Heat Capacity of Ionized Gases; 5.3 Ionization Equilibrium for Metallic Particles in a Hot Gas; 5.4 Thermoemission of Electrons; 5.5 Autoelectron and Thermo-autoelectron Emission; 5.6 Dissociative Equilibrium in Molecular Gases. - 5.7 Formation of Electron-Positron Pairs in a Radiation FieldPart II Equilibrium and Excitation of Atomic Systems; 6 Thermodynamic Values and Thermodynamic Equilibria; 6.1 Entropy as a Thermodynamic Parameter; 6.2 First Law of Thermodynamics; 6.3 Joule-Thomson Process; 6.4 Expansion of Gases; 6.5 Carnot Cycle; 6.6 Entropy of an Ideal Gas; 6.7 Second Law of Thermodynamics; 6.8 Thermodynamic Potentials; 6.9 Heat Capacities; 6.10 Equilibrium Conditions; 6.11 Chemical Potential; 6.12 Chemical Equilibrium; 7 Equilibrium State of Atomic Systems; 7.1 Criterion of the Gaseous State. - 7.2 Equation of the Gas State7.3 Virial Theorem; 7.4 The State Equation for an Ensemble of Particles; 7.5 System of Repulsing Atoms; 7.6 Van der Waals Equation; 7.7 Liquid-Gas Equilibrium; 7.8 The Equation of the Solid State; 7.9 Lennard-Jones Crystals and the Character of Interactions in Solid Rare Gases; 7.10 Equilibrium Between Phases in Rare Gases; 8 Thermodynamics of Aggregate States and Phase Transitions; 8.1 Scaling for Dense and Condensed Rare Gases; 8.2 Phase Transitions at High Pressures and Temperatures; 8.3 Scaling for Molecular Gases. - 8.4 Two-state Approximation for Aggregate States. - Written for graduate or advanced students as well as for professionals in physics and chemistry, this book includes the fundamental concepts of statistical physics and physical kinetics. These concepts relate to a wide range of physical objects, such as liquids and solids, gases and plasmas, clusters and systems of complex molecules. The book analyzes various structures of many-particle systems, such as crystal structures, lamellar structures, fractal aggregates and fractal structures, while comparing different methods of description for certain systems and phenomena.Developed from a lectu
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