Statistical Physics

Author: Su Rukeng
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is a national planning textbook for the "15th Five-Year Plan" of general higher education, a "21st Century Curriculum Textbook," and a key national textbook for the "9th Five-Year Plan" of general higher education. It is revised based on the original edition and systematically describes the fundamental concepts, principles, and common methods for discussing multi-particle systems in statistical physics and thermodynamics. The content includes: the basic principles of thermodynamics, the classical statistical theories of Boltzmann and Gibbs, quantum statistical theory and its applications, phase transition theory, critical phenomena and renormalization group, fluctuation theory, irreversible thermodynamics and non-equilibrium state theory, the theoretical foundations of statistical physics and the debates surrounding it, and the fundamentals of temperature field theory. This book can be used as a textbook for physics majors in universities and colleges, and can also be referenced by teachers and students in related fields.