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Electrodynamics of Continuous Media
| Electrodynamics of Continuous Media |
| Autore | Landau L D |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, : Elsevier Science, 1984 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1341 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BellJ. S <1928-1990.> (John Stewart)
KearsleyM. J PitaevskiiL. P LifshitzE.M SykesJ. B |
| Collana | COURSE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics
Physical Sciences & Mathematics Electricity & Magnetism |
| ISBN | 1-4832-9375-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Inside Front Cover; Related Pergamon Titles; Copyright; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; NOTATION; Chapter 1: ELECTROSTATICS OF CONDUCTORS; Publisher Summary; 1 The electrostatic field of conductors; 2 The energy of the electrostatic field of conductors; 3 Methods of solving problems in electrostatics; 4 Aconducting ellipsoid; 5 The forces on a conductor; Chapter 2: ELECTROSTATICS OF DIELECTRICS; Publisher Summary; 6 The electric field in dielectrics; 7 The permittivity; 8 A dielectric ellipsoid
9 The permittivity of a mixture10 Thermodynamic relations for dielectrics in an electric field; 11 The total free energy of a dielectric; 12 Electrostriction of isotropic dielectrics; 13 Dielectric properties of crystals; 14 The sign of the dielectric susceptibility; 15 Electric forces in a fluid dielectric; 16 Electric forces in solids; 17 Piezoelectrics; 18 Thermodynamic inequalities; 19 Ferroelectrics; 20 Improper ferroelectrics; Chapter 3: STEADY CURRENT; Publisher Summary; 21 The current density and the conductivity; 22 The Hall effect; 23 The contact potential 24 The galvanic cell25 Electrocapillarity; 26 Thermoelectric phenomena; 27 Thermogalvanomagnetic phenomena; 28 Diffusion phenomena; Chapter 4: STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD; Publisher Summary; 29 Static magnetic field; 30 The magnetic field of a steady current; 31 Thermodynamic relations in a magnetic field; 32 The total free energy of a magnetic substance; 33 The energy of a system of currents; 34 The self-inductance of linear conductors; 35 Forces in a magnetic field; 36 Gyromagnetic phenomena; Chapter 5: FERROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; Publisher Summary 37 Magnetic symmetry of crystals38 Magnetic classes and space groups; 39 Ferromagnets near the Curie point; 40 The magnetic anisotropy energy; 41 The magnetization curve of ferromagnets; 42 Magnetostriction of ferromagnets; 43 Surface tension of a domain wall; 44 The domain structure of ferromagnets; 45 Single-domain particles; 46 Orientational transitions; 47 Fluctuations in ferromagnets; 48 Antiferromagnets near the Curie point; 49 The bicritical point for an antiferromagnet; 50 Weak ferromagnetism; 51 Piezomagnetism and the magnetoelectric effect 52 Helicoidal magnetic structuresChapter 6: SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; Publisher Summary; 53 The magnetic properties of superconductors; 54 The superconductivity current; 55 The critical field; 56 The intermediate state; 57 Structure of the intermediate state; Chapter 7: QUASI-STATIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; Publisher Summary; 58 Equations of the quasi-static field; 59 Depth of penetration of a magnetic field into a conductor; 60 The skin effect; 61 The complex resistance; 62 Capacitance in a quasi-steady current circuit; 63 Motion of a conductor in a magnetic field 64 Excitation of currents by acceleration |
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COURSE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Course Of Theoretical Physics, Volume 8 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911006754403321 |
Landau L D
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Statistical physics . Part I / / by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and M.J. Kearsley
| Statistical physics . Part I / / by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and M.J. Kearsley |
| Autore | Landau L. D (Lev Davidovich), <1908-1968.> |
| Edizione | [3rd ed. /] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 1980 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (563 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LifshitzE. M
PitaevskiiL. P SykesJ. B KearsleyM. J |
| Collana |
Course of theoretical physics
Statistical physics |
| Soggetto topico | Statistical physics |
| ISBN |
1-299-40296-8
0-08-057046-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 1980 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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