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STP Textbook Chapter 9: Critical Phenomena  [ Book Section ]
  
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Authors:
Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions / Mean-Field Theory
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions / Renormalization Group
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions / Critical Point
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Ising Model
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We first discuss a phenomenological mean-field theory of phase transitions due to Landau and introduce the ideas of universality and scaling near critical points. The breakdown of mean-field theory near a ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8470&DocID=931
STP Textbook Chapter 7: The Chemical Potential and Phase Equilibria  [ Book Section ]
  
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Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions / Phase Diagrams
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions / Critical Point
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles / Chemical Potential
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models
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We discuss the nature of the chemical potential by considering some simple models and simulations. We then discuss the role of the chemical potential in understanding phase transitions with a focus on the ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8431&DocID=928
STP Textbook Chapter 8: Classical Gases and Liquids  [ Book Section ]
  
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Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Ideal Gas
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Lennard-Jones Potential
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Because there are only a few problems in statistical mechanics that can be solved exactly, we need to develop techniques for obtaining approximate solutions. In this chapter we introduce several perturbation ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7946&DocID=685
STP Textbook: Table of Contents  [ Book Section ]
  
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Authors:
Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / First Law
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Kinetics and Dynamics
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Statistical Physics
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Second and Third Law
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Probability
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models
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The STP Textbook is intended for Statistical Mechanics, Thermal Physics or Thermal and Statistical Physics classes for upper-level undergraduate and/or graduate students. The text makes extensive use of simulations ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7350&DocID=502
STP Textbook Chapter 6: Many Particle Systems  [ Book Section ]
  
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Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Ideal Gas
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Bose Gas
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Fermi Gas
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Einstein Model
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Debye Theory
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Blackbody Radiation
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We apply the general formalism of statistical mechanics to classical and quantum systems of noninteracting particles and discuss the equipartition theorem, the Maxwell velocity distribution, the Fermi-Dirac ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7275&DocID=449
STP Textbook Chapter 5: Magnetic Systems  [ Book Section ]
  
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Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models / Ising Model
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Phase Transitions / Mean-Field Theory
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models
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We apply the general formalism of statistical mechanics developed in Chapter 4 to the Ising model, a model magnetic system for which the interactions between the magnetic moments are important. We will discover ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7274&DocID=448
STP Textbook Chapter 4: The Methodology of Statistical Mechanics  [ Book Section ]
  
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Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Second and Third Law / Entropy
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Second and Third Law / Temperature
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Ensembles
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Models
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We develop the basic methodology of statistical mechanics and provide a microscopic foundation for the concepts of temperature and entropy. We use computer simulations will be to explore these concepts. These ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7273&DocID=447
STP Textbook Chapter 3: Concepts of Probability  [ Book Section ]
  
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Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subject:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Probability
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We introduce the basic concepts of probability and apply them to simple physical systems and everyday life. We will discover the universal nature of the central limit theorem and the Gaussian distribution ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7272&DocID=446
STP Textbook Chapter 2: Thermodynamic Concepts and Processes  [ Book Section ]
  
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Authors:
Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / First Law
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / Second and Third Law
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We introduce the concepts of temperature, energy, work, heating, entropy, engines, and the laws of thermodynamics and related macroscopic concepts.
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7271&DocID=445
STP Textbook Chapter 1: From Classical to Statistical Mechanics  [ Book Section ]
  
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Gould, Harvey
Tobochnik, Jan
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Upper Undergraduate
Subject:
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics / General
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The goal of this introductory chapter is to explore the fundamental differences between microscopic and macroscopic systems and the connections between classical mechanics and statistical mechanics. We note ...
http://www.compadre.org/STP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7270&DocID=444

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