Equilibrium Statistical Physics Phases of Matter and Phase Transitions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baus, Marc (Editor), Tejero, Carlos F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Condensed matter.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

This is a textbook which gradually introduces the student to the statistical mechanical study of the different phases of matter and to the phase transitions between them. Throughout, only simple models of both ordinary and soft matter are used but these are studied in full detail. The subject is dev...

Table of Contents:

• Basics
• Mechanics
• Thermodynamics
• Statistical Physics
• Ideal Systems
• Microcanonical Ensemble
• Canonical Ensemble
• Grand Canonical Ensemble
• Non-ideal Systems
• Classical Systems with Interactions
• Phases of Matter
• Phase Transitions
• More Advanced Topics
• Critical Phenomena
• Interfaces
• Topological Defects
• Phase Transformation Kinetics.