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Written by a world-renowned theoretical physicist, Introduction to Statistical Physics, Second Edition clarifies the properties of matter collectively in terms of the physical laws governing atomic motion. This second edition expands upon the original to include many additional exercises and more pedagogically oriented discussions that fully explain the concepts and applications.The book first covers the classical ensembles of statistical mechanics and stochastic processes, including Brownian motion, probability theory, and the Fokker-Planck and Langevin equations. To illustrate the use of statistical methods beyond the theory of matter, the author discusses entropy in information theory, Brownian motion in the stock market, and the Monte Carlo method in computer simulations. The next several chapters emphasize the difference between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics-the quantum phase. Applications covered include Fermi statistics and semiconductors and Bose statistics and Bose-Einstein condensation. The book concludes with advanced topics, focusing on the Ginsburg-Landau theory of the order parameter and the special kind of quantum order found in superfluidity and superconductivity.Assuming some background knowledge of classical and quantum physics, this textbook thoroughly familiarizes advanced undergraduate students with the different aspects of statistical physics. This updated edition continues to provide the tools needed to understand and work with random processes.

Statistical physics --- Statistical physics. --- Physique statistique --- Physique statistique.

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Unlike most other texts on the subject, this clear, concise introduction to the theory of microscopic bodies treats the modern theory of critical phenomena. Provides up-to-date coverage of recent major advances, including a self-contained description of thermodynamics and the classical kinetic theory of gases, interesting applications such as superfluids and the quantum Hall effect, several current research applications, The last three chapters are devoted to the Landau-Wilson approach to critical phenomena. Many new problems and illustrations have been added to this edition.

Statistical physics --- Statistical mechanics --- Mécanique statistique --- 531.19 --- 536.75 --- Entropy. Statistical thermodynamics. Irreversible processes --- Statistical mechanics. --- 536.75 Entropy. Statistical thermodynamics. Irreversible processes --- 531.19 Statistical mechanics --- Mécanique statistique --- Mechanics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Quantum statistics --- Thermodynamics --- Critical phenomena in statistical mechanics --- Ising model --- Bosons --- Fermi systems --- Renormalization groups --- Onsager relations --- Landau's theory --- Superfluidity --- Quantum statistical mechanics --- Transport phenomena --- Kinetic theory

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Elementary particles --- Quarks --- Leptons (Nuclear physics) --- Gauge fields (Physics) --- 539.1 --- Fields, Gauge (Physics) --- Gage fields (Physics) --- Gauge theories (Physics) --- Field theory (Physics) --- Group theory --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Fermions --- Partons --- Quark-gluon interactions --- Nuclear physics. Atomic physics. Molecular physics --- Quarks. --- Gauge fields (Physics). --- Leptons (Nuclear physics). --- 539.1 Nuclear physics. Atomic physics. Molecular physics

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Gauge fields are the messengers carrying signals between elementary particles, enabling them to interact with each other. Originating at the level of quarks, these basic interactions percolate upwards, through nuclear and atomic physics, through chemical and solid state physics, to make our everyday world go round. This book tells the story of gauge fields, from Maxwell's 1860 theory of electromagnetism to the 1954 theory of Yang and Mills that underlies the Standard Model of elementary particle theory. In the course of the narration, the author introduces people and events in experimental and

Gauge fields (Physics) --- Equations of motion. --- Motion equations --- Mechanics --- Lagrange equations --- Fields, Gauge (Physics) --- Gage fields (Physics) --- Gauge theories (Physics) --- Field theory (Physics) --- Group theory --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Equations of motion --- 531.211 --- 531.211 Forces. Lines of forces. Force fields --- Forces. Lines of forces. Force fields --- Eichfeld ; IND: s ; SWD-ID: 43287657 --- Geschichte --- 1860 --- -Gauge fields (Physics) --- Teoria de gauge --- -Equations of motion