TY - BOOK ID - 66997659 TI - Elements of statistical mechanics AU - Sachs, I AU - Sen, Siddhartha AU - Sexton, James Christopher PY - 2006 SN - 0521841984 9780521841986 9780511755620 9780521143646 0511168160 9780511168161 9780511648250 0511648251 0511755627 9780511166570 0511166575 051116761X 9780511167614 1107151546 9786612394874 0511644450 1282394878 0511567391 0521143640 PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Statistical mechanics. KW - Statistical physics. KW - Physics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Mechanics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Quantum statistics KW - Statistical physics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Statistical methods UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:66997659 AB - This 2006 textbook provides a concise introduction to the key concepts and tools of statistical mechanics. It also covers advanced topics such as non-relativistic quantum field theory and numerical methods. After introducing classical analytical techniques, such as cluster expansion and Landau theory, the authors present important numerical methods with applications to magnetic systems, Lennard-Jones fluids and biophysics. Quantum statistical mechanics is discussed in detail and applied to Bose-Einstein condensation and topics in astrophysics and cosmology. In order to describe emergent phenomena in interacting quantum systems, canonical non-relativistic quantum field theory is introduced and then reformulated in terms of Feynman integrals. Combining the authors' many years' experience of teaching courses in this area, this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics, chemistry and mathematics. ER -