Introduction to Statistical Physics

Rigorous and comprehensive, this textbook introduces undergraduate students to simulation methods in statistical physics.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Random walks; 2. Review of thermodynamics; 3. The postulates of statistical physics. Thermodynamic equilibrium; 4. Statistical thermodynamics ¿ developments and applications; 5. The classical ideal gas; 6. The quantum ideal gas; 7. Magnetism; 8. The Ising model; 9. Liquid crystals; 10. Phase transitions and critical phenomena; 11. Irreversible processes; Appendixes; Index.

About the author

João Paulo Casquilho is an Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. His research work includes experimental and theoretical studies in liquid crystals rheology under applied electric or magnetic fields and dynamical systems.Paulo Teixeira is an Adjunct Professor at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa and a research associate at the Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. He is a theoretical soft matter physicist who has worked on colloids, elastomers, foams and liquid crystals.

Summary

Rigorous and comprehensive, this textbook introduces undergraduate students to simulation methods in statistical physics. Any formalism is kept simple and derivations are worked out in detail to ensure the material is accessible to students from subjects other than physics.

Product details

• Authors: Jo¿Paulo Casquilho, Joaao Paulo Casquilho, Joao Paulo Casquilho, João Paulo Casquilho, Joao Paulo Teixeira Casquilho, João Paulo Casquilho & Paulo Ivo Cortez Teixeira, Paulo Ivo Teixeira, Paulo Ivo Cortez Teixeira, Teixeira Paulo Ivo Cortez
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9781107053786
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05378-6
• No. of pages: 346
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Physics, Statistical physics, Mathematics & science