Statistical physics : statics, dynamics and renormalization /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kadanoff, Leo P.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, �2000.
• Θέματα: Statistical physics.; Scaling laws (Statistical physics); Renormalization (Physics); SCIENCE > Physics > General.; Electronic books.

The material presented in this invaluable textbook has been tested in two courses. One of these is a graduate-level survey of statistical physics; the other, a rather personal perspective on critical behavior. Thus, this book defines a progression starting at the book-learning part of graduate educa...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Lectures: A Survey
• One Particle and Many
• Gaussian Distributions
• Quantum Mechanics and Lattices
• Random Dynamics
• Diffusion and Hopping
• From Hops to Statistical Mechanics
• Correlations and Response
• More Statistical Mechanics
• Statistical Thermodynamics
• Fermi, Bose, and Other
• Phase Transitions
• Overview of Phase Transitions
• Mean Field Theory of Critical Behavior
• Continuous Phase Transitions
• Renormalization in One Dimension
• Real Space Renormalization Techniques
• Duality
• Planar Model and Coulomb Systems
• XY Model, Renormalization, and Duality.