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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Theory of elasticity / / by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and W.H. Reid
| Theory of elasticity / / by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and W.H. Reid |
| Autore | Landau L. D (Lev Davidovich), <1908-1968.> |
| Edizione | [3rd English ed. /] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; ; New York, : Pergamon Press, 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina | 531/.38 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LifshitsE. M (Evgenii Mikhailovich)
KosevichArnold Markovich PitaevskiiL. P (Lev Petrovich) SykesJ. B ReidW. H |
| Collana | Course of theoretical physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Elasticity
Elastic solids |
| ISBN | 9780080570693 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Theory of Elasticity; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Prefaces to the English editions; Notation; CHAPTER I. FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; 1. The strain tensor; 2. The stress tensor; 3. The thermodynamics of deformation; 4. Hooke's law; 5. Homogeneous deformations; 6. Deformations with change of temperature; 7. The equations of equilibrium for isotropic bodies; 8. Equilibrium of an elastic medium bounded by a plane; 9. Solid bodies in contact; 10. The elastic properties of crystals; CHAPTER II. THE EQUILIBRIUM OF RODS AND PLATES; 11. The energy of a bent plate
12. The equation of equilibrium for a plate13. Longitudinal deformations of plates; 14. Large deflections of plates; 15. Deformations of shells; 16. Torsion of rods; 17. Bending of rods; 18. The energy of a deformed rod; 19. The equations of equilibrium of rods; 20. Small deflections of rods; 21. The stability of elastic systems; CHAPTER III. ELASTIC WAVES; 22. Elastic waves in an isotropic medium; 23. Elastic waves in crystals; 24. Surface waves; 25. Vibration of rods arid plates; 26. Anharmonic vibrations; CHAPTER IV. DISLOCATIONS 27. Elastic deformations in the presence of a dislocation28. The action of a stress field on a dislocation; 29. A continuous distribution of dislocations; 30. Distribution of interacting dislocations; 31. Equilibrium of a crack in an elastic medium; CHAPTER V. THERMAL CONDUCTION AND VISCOSITY IN SOLIDS; 32. The equation of thermal conduction in solids; 33. Thermal conduction in crystals; 34. Viscosity of solids; 35. The absorption of sound in solids; 36. Highly viscous fluids; CHAPTER VI. MECHANICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALS; 37. Static deformations of nematics 38. Straight disclinations in nematics39. Non-singular axially symmetrical solution of the equilibrium equations for a nematic; 40. Topological properties of disclinations; 41. Equations of motion of nematics; 42. Dissipative coefficients of nematics; 43. Propagation of small oscillations in nematics; 44. Mechanics of cholesterics; 45. Elastic properties of smectics; 46. Dislocations in smectics; 47. Equations of motion of smectics; 48. Sound in smectics; Index |
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| Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; ; New York, : Pergamon Press, 1986 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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