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Schäfer, Björn Malte: Statistical Physics: Linking the Microscopic with the Macroscopic World, 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2025 (Lecture Notes). https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1518

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03/13/2025

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Björn Malte Schäfer

Statistical Physics

Linking the Microscopic with the Macroscopic World

2nd edition

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.

First version under https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1058 

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

Chapters

Table of Contents
Pages
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Frontmatter
I-IV
Contents
V-VII
A Statistical physics
1-3
B Thermodynamics
5-17
C Probability theory
19-27
D Microanonical ensemble
29-38
E Phase space dynamics
39-56
F Canonical ensemble
57-65
G Macrocanonical ensemble
67-72
H Quantum statistics
73-112
I Phase transitions
113-123
J Stochastic differential equations
125-135
X Mathematical supplement
137-140
Y Physical supplement
141-142
Acknowledgements
143
Index
145-146

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