ABSTRACT

Concepts and relationships in thermal and statistical physics form the foundation for describing systems consisting of macroscopically large numbers of particles. Developing microscopic statistical physics and macroscopic classical thermodynamic descriptions in tandem, Statistical and Thermal Physics: An Introduction provides insight into basic con

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction: Basic Concepts

chapter 2|24 pages

Energy: The First Law

chapter 3|28 pages

Entropy: The Second Law

chapter 4|20 pages

Microstates for Large Systems

chapter 6|16 pages

Zero Kelvin and the Third Law

chapter 9|24 pages

Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena

chapter 10|24 pages

Ensembles and the Canonical Distribution

chapter 11|16 pages

The Grand Canonical Distribution

chapter 12|16 pages

The Quantum Distribution Functions

chapter 13|20 pages

Ideal Fermi Gas

chapter 14|12 pages

Ideal Bose Gas

chapter 15|20 pages

Photons and Phonons—The “Planck Gas”

chapter 16|18 pages

The Classical Ideal Gas

chapter 17|26 pages

Nonideal Systems

chapter 18|16 pages

The Density Matrix

chapter 19|14 pages

Reactions and Related Processes

chapter 20|18 pages

Introduction to Irreversible Thermodynamics