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Schäfer, Björn Malte: Statistical Physics: Linking the Microscopic with the Macroscopic World, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2022 (Lecture Notes). https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1058

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https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1058
ISBN 978-3-96822-127-4 (PDF)
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Published

12/15/2022

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Authors

Björn Malte Schäfer

Statistical Physics

Linking the Microscopic with the Macroscopic World

Lecture Notes

Statistical physics provides the microscopic theory for thermodynamic macroscopic properties of a physical system. These lecture notes introduce the necessary concepts of statistics and analytical mechanics for equilibrium thermodynamics with partition functions. They cover classical and quantum statistics, and treat advanced topics such as Langevin dynamics, the Fokker-Planck equation and phase transitions. Many systems like ideal classical and relativistic gases are worked out in detail.

 

Björn Malte Schäfer works at Heidelberg University on problems in modern cosmology, relativity, statistics, and on theoretical physics in general.

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Table of Contents
Pages
PDF
Front matter
Contents
V–VII
A Statistical physics
1–2
B Thermodynamics
3–15
C Probability theory
17–23
D Microcanonical ensemble
25–32
E Phase space dynamics
33–45
F Canonical ensemble
47–54
G Macrocanonical ensemble
55–60
H Quantum statistics
61–91
I Phase transitions
93–100
J Stochastic differential equations
101–111
X Mathematical supplement
113–114
Y Physical supplement
115–116
Index
118

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