000580166 001__ 580166 000580166 005__ 20230509165426.0 000580166 010__ $$a2022008145 000580166 0247_ $$2K10Plus$$aK10Plus:1797118838 000580166 0247_ $$2BNL$$aBNL:020545284 000580166 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1142/12830 000580166 020__ $$9978-981-125-609-7$$a9789811256097$$qprint 000580166 020__ $$9978-981-125-610-3$$a9789811256103$$eebook 000580166 020__ $$9978-981-125-611-0$$a9789811256110$$eebook 000580166 037__ $$aPUBDB-2023-01114 000580166 035__ $$a53720 000580166 041__ $$aeng 000580166 082__ $$a530.1307 000580166 1001_ $$aMüller-Kirsten, Harald J. W.$$b0 000580166 245__ $$aBasics of statistical physics$$cHarald J. W. Müller-Kirsten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) 000580166 250__ $$aThird edition 000580166 260__ $$aHackensack$$bWorld Scientific$$c[2022] 000580166 300__ $$axvi, 254 pages : illustrations 000580166 338__ $$2rdacarrier$$avolume$$bnc 000580166 337__ $$2rdamedia$$aunmediated$$bn 000580166 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aBOOK$$btxt 000580166 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)3$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aBook$$bbook$$mbook$$s1678268709_6424 000580166 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Book$$btxt 000580166 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aBOOK$$btxt 000580166 3367_ $$01$$2EndNote$$aBook$$btxt 000580166 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$abook$$btxt 000580166 50500 $$tStatistical mechanics of an ideal gas (Maxwell) 000580166 50500 $$tThe a priori probability 000580166 50500 $$tClassical statistics (Maxwell-Boltzmann) 000580166 50500 $$tEntropy 000580166 50500 $$tQuantum statistics 000580166 50500 $$tExact form of distribution functions 000580166 50500 $$tApplication to radiation (light quanta) 000580166 50500 $$tDebye theory of specific heat of solids 000580166 50500 $$tElectrons in metals 000580166 50500 $$tLimitations of the preceding theory - improvement with ensemble method 000580166 50500 $$tAveraging instead of maximization, and Bose-Einstein condensation 000580166 50500 $$tThe Boltzmann transport equation 000580166 50500 $$tThermal radiation of black holes 000580166 520__ $$aStatistics links microscopic and macroscopic phenomena, and requires for this reason a large number of microscopic elements like atoms. The results are values of maximum probability or of averaging. This introduction to statistical physics concentrates on the basic principles and attempts to explain these in simple terms, supplemented by numerous examples. These basic principles include the difference between classical and quantum statistics, a priori probabilities as related to degeneracies, the vital aspect of indistinguishability as compared with distinguishability in classical physics, the differences between conserved and non-conserved elements, the different ways of counting arrangements in the three statistics (Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein), the difference between maximization of the number of arrangements of elements, and averaging in the Darwin-Fowler method. Significant applications to solids, radiation and electrons in metals are treated in separate chapters, as well as Bose-Einstein condensation. In this latest edition, apart from a general revision, the topic of thermal radiation has been expanded with a new section on black bodies and an additional chapter on black holes. Other additions are more examples with applications of statistical mechanics in solid state physics and superconductivity. Throughout the presentation, the introduction carries almost all details for calculations. 000580166 588__ $$aDataset connected to K10Plus 000580166 591__ $$aEnglish 000580166 650_7 $$2DE-H253$$aStatistical physics$$eDDCTrigger 000580166 650_7 $$2DE-H253$$aStatistical mechanics$$eDDCTrigger 000580166 650_7 $$2DE-H253$$aTextbook$$eDDCTrigger 000580166 780__ $$iIsPreviousVersionOf$$wPUBDB-2017-128732 000580166 8527_ $$2DE-H253$$aDESY Hamburg Library$$bmain$$c530.1307 Mül$$h530.$$p089285$$t1 000580166 8767_ $$2DE-H253$$aDESY Hamburg Library$$d2023-03-08$$eGeschenk$$h4 weeks$$javailable$$p089285$$t1 000580166 9801_ $$aOPAC 000580166 980__ $$abook