Statistical Mechanics, Third Edition

Thisclassictext,firstpublishedin1972,isdesignedforgraduatephysicscoursesinstatisticalmechanics.Thesecondedition,publishedin1996,incorporatedthreecomprehensivechaptersonphasetransitionsandcriticalphenomena.ThisthirdeditionincludesnewsectionsonBose-EinsteincondensationanddegenerateFermibehaviorofultracoldatomicgases,andtwonewchaptersoncomputersimulationmethodsandthethermodynamicsoftheearlyuniverse.Wehavealsoaddednewsectionsonchemicalandphaseequilibrium,andexpandedourdiscussionsofcorrelationsandscattering,quantizedfields,finite-sizeeffectsandthefluctuation-dissipationtheorem.Wehopethisneweditionwillcontinuetoprovidenewgenerationsofstudentswithasolidtraininginthemethodsofstatisticalphysics.-Bose-Einsteincondensationinatomicgases-Thermodynamicsoftheearlyuniverse-Computersimulations:MonteCarloandmoleculardynamics-Correlationfunctionsandscattering-Fluctuation-dissipationtheoremandthedynamicalstructurefactor-Chemicalequilibrium-Exactsolutionofthetwo-dimensionalIsingmodelfor?finitesystems-DegenerateatomicFermigases-Exactsolutionsofone-dimensionalfluidmodels-InteractionsinultracoldBoseandFermigases-Brownianmotionofanisotropicparticlesandharmonicoscillators