Microcanonical Thermodynamics

Author : Dieter H. E. Gross
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789812798916
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microcanonical Thermodynamics written by Dieter H. E. Gross and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boltzmann''s formula S = In[ W (E) ] defines the microcanonical ensemble. The usual textbooks on statistical mechanics start with the microensemble but rather quickly switch to the canonical ensemble introduced by Gibbs. This has the main advantage of easier analytical calculations, but there is a price to pay OCo for example, phase transitions can only be defined in the thermodynamic limit of infinite system size. The question how phase transitions show up from systems with, say, 100 particles with an increasing number towards the bulk can only be answered when one finds a way to define and classify phase transitions in small systems. This is all possible within Boltzmann''s original definition of the microcanonical ensemble. Starting from Boltzmann''s formula, the book formulates the microcanonical thermodynamics entirely within the frame of mechanics. This way the thermodynamic limit is avoided and the formalism applies to small as well to other nonextensive systems like gravitational ones. Phase transitions of first order, continuous transitions, critical lines and multicritical points can be unambiguously defined by the curvature of the entropy S(E, N) . Special attention is given to the fragmentation of nuclei and atomic clusters as a peculiar phase transition of small systems controlled, among others, by angular momentum. The dependence of the liquid-gas transition of small atomic clusters under prescribed pressure is treated. Thus the analogue to the bulk transition can be studied. The book also describes the microcanonical statistics of the collapse of a self-gravitating system under large angular momentum. Contents: The Mechanical Basis of Thermodynamics; Micro-Canonical Thermodynamics of Phase Transitions Studied in the Potts Model; Liquid-Gas Transition and Surface Tension Under Constant Pressure; Statistical Fragmentation Under Repulsive Forces of Long Range; The Collapse Transition in Self-Gravitating Systems First Model-Studies; Appendices: On the Historical Development of Statistical Nuclear Multifragmentation Models; The Micro-Canonical Ensemble of Na-Clusters; Some General Technical Aspects of Micro-Canonical Monte Carlo Simulation on a Lattice. Readership: Advanced level graduate students, lecturers and researchers in statistical and condensed matter physics."

Author : Philippe Chomaz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540464964
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dynamics and Thermodynamics with Nuclear Degrees of Freedom written by Philippe Chomaz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the outcome of a community-wide review of the field of dynamics and thermodynamics with nuclear degrees of freedom. It presents the achievements and the outstanding open questions in 26 articles collected in six topical sections and written by more than 60 authors. All authors are internationally recognized experts in their fields.

Author : S. K. Roy
Publisher : New Age International
ISBN 13 : 9788122413021
Total Pages : 436 pages
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Download or read book Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics written by S. K. Roy and published by New Age International. This book was released on 2001 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Emphasises The Development Of Problem Solving Skills In Undergraduate Science And Engineering Students.The Book Provides More Than 350 Solved Examples With Complete Step-By-Step Solutions As Well As Around 100 Practice Problems With Answers.Also Explains The Basic Theory, Principles, Equations And Formulae For A Quick Understanding And Review. Can Serve Both As A Useful Text And Companion Book To Those Pre-Paring For Various Examinations In Physics.

Author : Harald Niederreiter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461225523
Total Pages : 391 pages
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Download or read book Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing written by Harald Niederreiter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and engineers are increasingly making use of simulation methods to solve problems which are insoluble by analytical techniques. Monte Carlo methods which make use of probabilistic simulations are frequently used in areas such as numerical integration, complex scheduling, queueing networks, and large-dimensional simulations. This collection of papers arises from a conference held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1994. The conference brought together researchers across a range of disciplines whose interests include the theory and application of these methods. This volume provides a timely survey of this field and the new directions in which the field is moving.

Author : S Costa
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814547301
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Phenomena and Collective Observables written by S Costa and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-11-09 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRIS (Catania Relativistic Ion Studies) is a new series of Topical Conferences to be held at regular intervals in Catania or in its environs. Aim of the CRIS Conferences is to gather active researchers from several countries to discuss specific hot topics in the field of heavy ion physics. The first CRIS Conference, CRIS '96, has been devoted to “Critical Phenomena and Collective Observables”, a quite hot topic after the recent experimental evidences of a liquid-gas phase transition in finite nuclei found by the EOS and ALADiN Collaborations and the progress made in the understanding of the relevance of collective observables, like flow and balance energy for the study of the Nuclear Equation of State. Contents: The Nuclear Liquid-Gas Phase Transition: Present Status and Future Perspectives (J Pochodzalla et al.)Universal Features in the Nuclear Multifragmentation Phase Transition (A Atalmi et al.)Probing Low Density Nuclear Matter (M B Tsang et al.)Instabilities in Finite Systems (M Belkacem et al.)Caloric Curve in Molecular Dynamics (J P Bondorf et al.)Collective Observables in Heavy-Ion Collisions (D Keane)Fragment-Fragment Correlations and Fragment Flow in Heavy Ion Collisions Described within Molecular Dynamics (H W Barz et al.)Reaction Mechanisms in Medium Energy Collisions: Influence of Dynamical Fluctuations (M Colonna et al.)Microscopic Nuclear EOS and Neutron Star Structure (M Baldo et al.)and other papers Readership: Scientists and researchers in nuclear physics. keywords:

Author : Ari Laaksonen
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128143223
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Nucleation of Water written by Ari Laaksonen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nucleation of Water: From Fundamental Science to Atmospheric and Additional Applications provides a comprehensive accounting of the current state-of-the-art regarding the nucleation of water. It covers vapor-liquid, liquid-vapor, liquid-ice and vapor-ice transitions and describes basic kinetic and thermodynamic concepts in a manner understandable to researchers working on specific applications. The main focus of the book lies in atmospheric phenomena, but it also describes engineering and biological applications. Bubble nucleation, although not of major atmospheric relevance, is included for completeness. This book presents a single, go-to resource that will help readers understand the breadth and depth of nucleation, both in theory and in real-world examples. Offers a single, comprehensive work on water nucleation, including cutting- edge research on ice, cloud and bubble nucleation Written primarily for atmospheric scientists, but it also presents the theories in such a way that researchers in other disciplines will find it useful Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on ice nucleation

Author : Van P. Carey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521654203
Total Pages : 440 pages
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Download or read book Statistical Thermodynamics and Microscale Thermophysics written by Van P. Carey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-13 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provide an interwoven development of classical and statistical thermodynamic principles from a modern perspective.

Author : Walter Greiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
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Download or read book Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics written by Walter Greiner and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics covers: Thermodynamics - basic definitions of thermodynamics, equilibrium, state variables - the first and second laws - phase transitions and chemical reactions - thermodynamic potentials Statistical Mechanics - statistics of microscopic states and connection to the entropy - the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles - applications of Boltzmann statistics Quantum Statistics - the density operator - many-particle wave functions - ideal quantum systems - the ideal Bose gas and applications to blackbody radiation, Kirchhoff's law, and lattice vibrations - the ideal Fermi gas and applications to condensed-matter physics, astrophysics, and nuclear physics - relativistic Bose and Fermi gases and applications to particle

Author : Alessandro Campa
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long Range Interactions: Theory and Experiments written by Alessandro Campa and published by American Institute of Physics. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The workshop was about the developments of the thermodynamical and dynamical behavior of many-body systems in which the interactions decay very slowly with the distance: they present very strange properties, not found in the other systems. The possibility of testing the theoretical ideas in laboratory systems was the most innovative issue.

Author : Christopher Aubin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394162278
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Thermodynamics written by Christopher Aubin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical Thermodynamics An accessible and rigorous approach to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics In Statistical Thermodynamics: An Information Theory Approach, distinguished physicist Dr. Christopher Aubin delivers an accessible and comprehensive treatment of the subject from a statistical mechanics perspective. The author discusses the most challenging concept, entropy, using an information theory approach, allowing readers to build a solid foundation in an oft misunderstood and critically important physics concept. This text offers readers access to complimentary online materials, including animations, simple code, and more, that supplement the discussions of complex topics in the book. It provides calculations not usually provided in comparable textbooks that demonstrate how to perform the mathematics of thermodynamics in a systematic way. Readers will also find authoritative explorations of relevant theory accompanied by clear examples of applications and experiments, as well as: A brief introduction to information theory, as well as discussions of statistical systems, phase space, and the Microcanonical Ensemble Comprehensive explorations of the laws and mathematics of thermodynamics, as well as free expansion, Joule-Thomson expansion, heat??engines, and refrigerators Practical discussions of classical and quantum statistics, quantum ideal gases, and blackbody radiation Fulsome treatments of novel topics, including Bose-Einstein condensation, the Fermi gas, and black hole thermodynamics Perfect for upper-level undergraduate students studying statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics: An Information Theory Approach provides an alternative and accessible approach to the subject.