Statistical mechanics [electronic resource] : entropy, order parameters, and complexity / James P. Sethna.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics | Oxford master series in physics ; 14.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xix, 349 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 530.13 22
LOC classification:
  • QC174.8 .S48 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index.

What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods.

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