Preface |
Notations and Fundamental Constants |
Basic Concepts / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Master Equation and Hypothesis of Equal á-priori Probability / 1.2: |
Example of 3 Level Systems / 1.2.1: |
Phase Space, Phase Point, Phase Trajectory / 1.3: |
Statistical Distribution Function and Ergodic Hypothesis / 1.4: |
Statistical Fluctuation and Statistical Independence / 1.5: |
Statistical Fluctuation and Generalized Susceptibility / 1.6: |
Generalized Ornstein-Zernicke Relation / 1.7: |
Problems / 1.8: |
Motion of Systems in Phase Space / 2: |
Integral Invariants / 2.1: |
Classical Liouville's Equation / 2.2: |
Role of Energy / 2.3: |
Quantum Mechanical Density Matrix / 2.4: |
Quantum Liouville's Equation / 2.5: |
States in Statistical Physics / 2.6: |
Microscopic and Macroscopic States / 3.1: |
Statistical Weight and Density of States / 3.2: |
Examples: Non-interacting One- and N-Particle Systems and Spin-1/2 Particles / 3.3: |
Entropy and Boltzmann's Principle / 3.4: |
Boltzmann's H-Theorem / 3.5: |
Statistical Ensembles / 3.6: |
Microcanonical Distribution Function / 4.1: |
Canonical (Gibbs) Distribution Function / 4.3: |
Thermodynamic Temperature and Distribution Function / 4.3.1: |
Spin-1/2 Particles and Negative Temperature / 4.3.2: |
Partition Function and Different Thermodynamic Functions / 4.3.3: |
System of Linear Harmonic Oscillators in Canonical Ensemble / 4.3.4: |
Energy Fluctuation in Canonical Ensemble and Equivalence of Canonical and Microcanonical Ensembles / 4.3.5: |
Grandcanonical Distribution Function / 4.4: |
Dependence of Thermodynamic Functions on Number of Particles / 4.4.1: |
Chemical Potential and Distribution Function / 4.4.2: |
Density Fluctuation in Grandcanonical Ensemble and Equivalence of Grandcanonical and Canonical Ensembles / 4.4.3: |
Ideal Gas / 4.5: |
Boltzmann Distribution / 5.1: |
Partition Function, Free Energy and Equation of State / 5.2: |
Specific Heat: Translational, Vibrational and Rotational Components / 5.3: |
Degeneracy Temperature / 5.4: |
Chemical Reaction Equilibrium / 5.5: |
Conditions of Chemical Equilibrum / 6.1: |
Law of Mass Action / 6.2: |
Heat of Reaction and Direction of Reaction / 6.3: |
Ionization Equilibrium / 6.4: |
Saha Formula / 6.5: |
Real Gas / 6.6: |
Free Energy, Virial Equation of State / 7.1: |
Second Virial Coefficient and Applicability of Virial Equation / 7.2: |
Model Calculation and van-der-Waal's Equation of State / 7.3: |
Joule-Thomson Expansion and Inversion Temperature / 7.4: |
Strong Electrolytes / 7.5: |
Debye-Hückel Approximation, Debye Length / 8.1: |
Screened Coulomb Potential / 8.2: |
Equation of State and Osmotic Pressure / 8.3: |
Quantum Statistics / 8.4: |
Bose and Fermi Distributions / 9.1: |
Quantum Gases of Elementary Particles: Number Density and Chemical Potential, Energy Density, Equation of State / 9.2: |
Black Body Radiation and Planck's Law / 9.3: |
Lattice Specific Heat and Phonons / 9.4: |
Degenerate Bose Gas, Bose Condensation / 9.5: |
Liquid He and Superfluidity / 9.6: |
Systematics of Liquid 4He / 9.6.1: |
Landau's 2-Fluid Model / 9.6.2: |
Systematics of Liquid 3He / 9.6.3: |
Degenerate Fermi Gas, Degeneracy Pressure, Specific Heat / 9.7: |
Magnetism of Free Fermions / 9.8: |
Preamble / 9.8.1: |
Landau Diamagnetism / 9.8.2: |
Pauli Paramagnetism / 9.8.3: |
Interacting Fermi System: Fermi Liquid Theory / 9.9: |
Relativistic Degenerate Fermi Gas / 9.10: |
Bose-Einstein Condensate / 9.11: |
Trapping of Atoms / 10.1: |
Cooling of Atoms / 10.3: |
Statistical Astrophysics / 10.4: |
Stars: Stability and Evolution / 11.1: |
High Temperature Dense Matter / 11.3: |
Neutron Stars and Black Holes / 11.4: |
Phase Transitions / 11.5: |
Systematics of Phase Transitions / 12.1: |
Ehrenfest's Classification of Phase Transitions / 12.2: |
Order Parameter, Continuous and Discontinuous Transitions / 12.3: |
Landau's Theory of Continuous Phase Transitions / 12.4: |
Continuity of Entropy and Discontinuity of Specific Heat / 12.5: |
Generalized Susceptibility / 12.6: |
Critical Exponents and Fluctuations of Order Parameter / 12.7: |
Ising Model / 12.8: |
Zero-Field 1-Dimensional Case / 12.8.1: |
Non-Zero-Field 1-Dimensional Case / 12.8.2: |
Multi-Dimensional Case / 12.8.3: |
2-Dimensional Ising System / 12.8.4: |
Irreversible Processes / 12.9: |
Linear Response Theory (Kubo Formalism) / 13.1: |
Mechanical Process / 13.2.1: |
Thermal Process / 13.2.2: |
Symmetry Relations / 13.3: |
Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem / 13.4: |
Mathematical Appendix / 13.5: |
Beta and Gamma Functions / 14.1: |
Dirac Delta Function (Distribution) / 14.2: |
Functional Derivative / 14.3: |
Mathematical Identities / 14.4: |
Multiple Summation / 14.5: |
Pauli Matrices / 14.6: |
Probability Theory / 14.7: |
Elementary Results of Probability Theory / 14.7.1: |
Statistical Distributions / 14.7.2: |
Central Limit Theorem / 14.7.3: |
Quantum Mechanics, A Retrospect / 14.8: |
Riemann, Bernoulli and Fourier / 14.9: |
Riemann's ζ-Function / 14.9.1: |
Bernoulli Numbers and Polynomials / 14.9.2: |
Fourier Series / 14.9.3: |
Integrals of Quantum Statistics / 14.9.4: |
Sanskrit Transliteration / 14.10: |
Stirling's Theorem / 14.11: |
Summation and Integration / 14.12: |
Volume of an N-Dimensional Sphere / 14.13: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Preface |
Notations and Fundamental Constants |
Basic Concepts / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Master Equation and Hypothesis of Equal á-priori Probability / 1.2: |
Example of 3 Level Systems / 1.2.1: |