Statistical physics . Part I / / by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and M.J. Kearsley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911006512103321
• Autore: Landau L. D (Lev Davidovich), <1908-1968.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 1980
• ISBN: 1-299-40296-8; 0-08-057046-1
• Edizione: [3rd ed. /]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (563 p.)
• Collana: Course of theoretical physics ; ; v. 5; Statistical physics ; ; pt. 1
• Altri autori (Persone): LifshitzE. M; PitaevskiiL. P; SykesJ. B; KearsleyM. J
• Disciplina: 530.1/3
• Soggetti: Statistical physics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Statistical Physics, Part 1; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the third Russian edition; From the Preface to previous Russian editions; Notation; CHAPTER I. THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS; 1. Statistical distributions; 2. Statistical independence; 3. Liouville's theorem; 4. The significance of energy; 5. The statistical matrix; 6. Statistical distributions in quantum statistics; 7. Entropy; 8. The law of increase of entropy; CHAPTER II. THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES; 9. Temperature; 10. Macroscopic motion; 11. Adiabatic processes; 12. Pressure 13. Work and quantity of heat; 14. The heat function; 15. The free energy and the thermodynamic potential; 16. Relations between the derivatives of thermodynamic quantities; 17. The thermodynamic scale of temperature; 18. The Joule-Thomson process; 19. Maximum work; 20. Maximum work done by a body in an external medium; 21. Thermodynamic inequalities; 22. Le Chatelier's principle; 23. Nernst's theorem; 24. The dependence of the thermodynamic quantities on the number of particles; 25. Equilibrium of a body in an external field; 26. Rotating bodies; 27. Thermodynamic relations in the relativistic regionCHAPTER III. THE GIBBS DISTRIBUTION; 28. The Gibbs distribution; 29. The Maxwellian distribution; 30. The probability distribution for an oscillator; 31. The free energy in the Gibbs distribution; 32. Thermodynamic perturbation theory; 33. Expansion in powers of h; 34. The Gibbs distribution for rotating bodies; 35. The Gibbs distribution for a variable number of particles; 36. The derivation of the thermodynamic relations from the Gibbs distribution; CHAPTER IV. IDEAL GASES; 37. The Boltzmann distribution; 38. The Boltzmann distribution in classical statistics 39. Molecular collisions; 40. Ideal gases not in equilibrium; 41. The free energy of an ideal Boltzmann gas; 42. The equation of state of an ideal gas; 43. Ideal gases with constant specific heat; 44. The law of equipartition; 45. Monatomic ideal gases; 46. Monatomic gases. The effect of the electronic angular momentum; 47. Diatomic gases with molecules of unlike atoms. Rotation of molecules; 48. Diatomic gases with molecules of like atoms. Rotation of molecules; 49. Diatomic gases. Vibrations of atoms; 50. Diatomic gases. The effect of the electronic angular momentum 51. Polyatomic gases; 52. Magnetism of gases; CHAPTER V. THE FERMI AND BOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; 53. The Fermi distribution; 54. The Bose distribution; 55. Fermi and Bose gases not in equilibrium; 56. Fermi and Bose gases of elementary particles; 57. A degenerate electron gas; 58. The specific heat of a degenerate electron gas; 59. Magnetism of an electron gas. Weak fields; 60. Magnetism of an electron gas. Strong fields; 61. A relatiristic degenerate electron gas; 62. A degenerate Bose gas; 63. Black-body radiation
• Sommario/riassunto: A lucid presentation of statistical physics and thermodynamics which develops from the general principles to give a large number of applications of the theory.