Title Microcanonical thermodynamics : phase transitions in "small" systems / Dieter H.E. Gross.

Publication Info.	Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, [2001]
	©2001

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) : illustrations.
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Series	World Scientific lecture notes in physics ; v. 66
	World Scientific lecture notes in physics ; v. 66.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
Summary	Boltzmann's formula S = In[W (E)] defines the microcanonical ensemble. The usual textbooks on statistical mechanics start with the microensemble but rather quickly switch to the canonical ensemble introduced by Gibbs. This has the main advantage of easier analytical calculations, but there is a price to pay - for example, phase transitions can only be defined in the thermodynamic limit of infinite system size. The question how phase transitions show up from systems with, say, 100 particles with an increasing number towards the bulk can only be answered when one finds a way to define and clas.
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Subject	Statistical thermodynamics.
	Statistical thermodynamics.
	Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
	Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Phase transitions in "small" systems
Other Form:	Print version: Gross, Dieter H.E. Microcanonical thermodynamics. Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2001 9810242158 9789810242152 (DLC) 2002275558 (OCoLC)47215466
ISBN	9789812798916 (electronic book)
	9812798919 (electronic book)
	9789810242152
	9810242158