Statistical mechanics : entropy, order parameters, and complexity
Title:
Statistical mechanics : entropy, order parameters, and complexity
Author:
Sethna, James P.
ISBN:
9780198566762
9780198566779
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Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
xix, 349 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Series:
Oxford master series in physics ; 14
Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics.
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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Electronic Access:
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