{"product_id":"topics-in-statistical-mechanics-9781860945649","title":"Topics in Statistical Mechanics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brian Cowan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Physics - Mathematical \u0026amp; Computational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the material learned by students in their first few years of study, this book presents an advanced level course on statistical and thermal physics. It begins with a review of the formal structure of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics considered from a unified viewpoint. After a brief revision of non-interacting systems, emphasis is laid on interacting systems. First, weakly interacting systems are considered, where the interest is in seeing how such interactions cause small deviations from the non-interacting case. Second, systems are examined where interactions lead to drastic changes, namely phase transitions. A number of specific examples are given, and these are unified within the Landau theory of phase transitions. The final chapter of the book looks at non-equilibrium systems and the way these evolve towards equilibrium. Here, fluctuations play a vital role, as is formalized in the Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imperial College Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67804432138391,"sku":"9781860945649","price":9271.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781860945649.webp?v=1790698865","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/topics-in-statistical-mechanics-9781860945649","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}