Statistical mechanics entropy, order parameters, and complexity /
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| Formaat: | Elektronisch E-boek |
| Taal: | Engels |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Reeks: | Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics.
Oxford master series in physics ; 14. |
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| Online toegang: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Inhoudsopgave:
- 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.