| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 696 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford graduate texts
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Oxford graduate texts.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Classical mechanics -- Theoretical foundations of classical statistical mechanics -- The microcanonical ensemble and introduction to molecular dynamics -- The canonical ensemble -- The isobaric ensembles -- The grand canonical ensemble -- Monte Carlo -- Free energy calculations -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum ensembles and the density matrix -- The quantum ideal gases: Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics -- The Feynman path integral -- Classical time-dependent statistical mechanics -- Quantum time-dependent statistical mechanics -- The Langevin and generalized Langevin equations -- Critical phenomena -- Appendix A: Properties of the Dirac delta-function -- Appendix B: Evaluation of energies and forces -- Appendix C: Proof of the Trotter theorem -- Appendix D: Laplace transforms. |
| Summary |
This work contains a detailed review of classical and quantum mechanics, in-depth discussions of the most commonly used ensembles simultaneously with modern computational techniques such as molecular dynamics. It also covers important topics such as free-energy calculations, linear-response theory and critical phenomena. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Statistical mechanics.
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Statistical mechanics. |
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Statistics as Topic. |
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Thermodynamics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tuckerman, Mark. Statistical mechanics. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780198525264 (OCoLC)551495372 |
| ISBN |
9780191523465 (electronic book) |
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0191523461 (electronic book) |
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