Introductory Applied Quantum and Statistical Mechanics

Introductory Applied Quantum and Statistical Mechanics
Author: Peter L. Hagelstein
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2004-03-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780471202769

* An applied focus for electrical engineers and materials scientists. * Theoretical results supported with real-world systems and applications. * Includes worked examples and self-study questions. * Solutions manual available.

An Introduction to Applied Statistical Thermodynamics

An Introduction to Applied Statistical Thermodynamics
Author: Stanley I. Sandler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010-11-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470913479

One of the goals of An Introduction to Applied Statistical Thermodynamics is to introduce readers to the fundamental ideas and engineering uses of statistical thermodynamics, and the equilibrium part of the statistical mechanics. This text emphasises on nano and bio technologies, molecular level descriptions and understandings offered by statistical mechanics. It provides an introduction to the simplest forms of Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation (albeit only for simple spherical molecules) and user-friendly MATLAB programs for doing such simulations, and also some other calculations. The purpose of this text is to provide a readable introduction to statistical thermodynamics, show its utility and the way the results obtained lead to useful generalisations for practical application. The text also illustrates the difficulties that arise in the statistical thermodynamics of dense fluids as seen in the discussion of liquids.

Statistical Thermodynamics for Pure and Applied Sciences

Statistical Thermodynamics for Pure and Applied Sciences
Author: Frederick Richard Wayne McCourt
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 691
Release: 2021-01-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030520064

This textbook concerns thermal properties of bulk matter and is aimed at advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate students in a range of programs in science or engineering. It provides an intermediate level presentation of statistical thermodynamics for students in the physical sciences (chemistry, nanosciences, physics) or related areas of applied science/engineering (chemical engineering, materials science, nanotechnology engineering), as they are areas in which statistical mechanical concepts play important roles. The book enables students to utilize microscopic concepts to achieve a better understanding of macroscopic phenomena and to be able to apply these concepts to the types of sub-macroscopic systems encountered in areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Statistical Mechanics

Statistical Mechanics
Author: R.K. Pathria
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2017-02-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483186881

Statistical Mechanics discusses the fundamental concepts involved in understanding the physical properties of matter in bulk on the basis of the dynamical behavior of its microscopic constituents. The book emphasizes the equilibrium states of physical systems. The text first details the statistical basis of thermodynamics, and then proceeds to discussing the elements of ensemble theory. The next two chapters cover the canonical and grand canonical ensemble. Chapter 5 deals with the formulation of quantum statistics, while Chapter 6 talks about the theory of simple gases. Chapters 7 and 8 examine the ideal Bose and Fermi systems. In the next three chapters, the book covers the statistical mechanics of interacting systems, which includes the method of cluster expansions, pseudopotentials, and quantized fields. Chapter 12 discusses the theory of phase transitions, while Chapter 13 discusses fluctuations. The book will be of great use to researchers and practitioners from wide array of disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, and engineering.

Statistical Mechanics

Statistical Mechanics
Author: James Sethna
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2006-04-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191566217

In each generation, scientists must redefine their fields: abstracting, simplifying and distilling the previous standard topics to make room for new advances and methods. Sethna's book takes this step for statistical mechanics - a field rooted in physics and chemistry whose ideas and methods are now central to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and early graduate students in all of these fields, Sethna limits his main presentation to the topics that future mathematicians and biologists, as well as physicists and chemists, will find fascinating and central to their work. The amazing breadth of the field is reflected in the author's large supply of carefully crafted exercises, each an introduction to a whole field of study: everything from chaos through information theory to life at the end of the universe.

Statistical Physics

Statistical Physics
Author: Gregory H. Wannier
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 561
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 048665401X

Classic text combines thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory in one unified presentation. Topics include equilibrium statistics of special systems, kinetic theory, transport coefficients, and fluctuations. Problems with solutions. 1966 edition.

Statistical Mechanics

Statistical Mechanics
Author: B. Widom
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2002-04-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521009669

This book is an introduction to statistical mechanics, intended for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students.

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets
Author: Johannes Voit
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662044234

A careful examination of the interaction between physics and finance. It takes a look at the 100-year-long history of co-operation between the two fields and goes on to provide new research results on capital markets - taken from the field of statistical physics. The random walk model, well known in physics, is one good example of where the two disciplines meet. In the world of finance it is the basic model upon which the Black-Scholes theory of option pricing and hedging has been built. The underlying assumptions are discussed using empirical financial data and analogies to physical models such as fluid flows, turbulence, or superdiffusion. On this basis, new theories of derivative pricing and risk control can be formulated.

Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics

Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics
Author: Richard Fitzpatrick
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2020-07-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811223378

This book provides a comprehensive exposition of the theory of equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics at a level suitable for well-prepared undergraduate students. The fundamental message of the book is that all results in equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics follow from a single unprovable axiom — namely, the principle of equal a priori probabilities — combined with elementary probability theory, elementary classical mechanics, and elementary quantum mechanics.