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STP Textbook Chapter 8: Classical Gases and Liquids
written by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik
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 methods that are applicable when there is a small expansion parameter. Our discussion of the classical monatomic gas will involve many of the same considerations and diffculties encountered in quantum field theory (although knowledge of the latter is not assumed). For example, we will introduce diagrams that are analogous to Feynman diagrams and and divergences analogous to those found in quantum electrodynamics. We also discuss the spatial correlations between particles due to their interactions and the use of hard spheres as a reference system for understanding the properties of liquids.
Book Title: Thermal and Statistical Physics
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Thermo & Stat Mech
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= Ideal Gas
= Lennard-Jones Potential
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All chapters are copyrighted by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik. They are not to be copied or distributed without contacting one of the authors.
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H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, , in Thermal and Statistical Physics (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7946&DocID=685).
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H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, STP Textbook Chapter 8: Classical Gases and Liquids, in Thermal and Statistical Physics (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7946&DocID=685>.
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Gould, H., & Tobochnik, J. (2008). STP Textbook Chapter 8: Classical Gases and Liquids. In Thermal and Statistical Physics. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7946&DocID=685
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Gould, Harvey, and Jan Tobochnik. "STP Textbook Chapter 8: Classical Gases and Liquids." In Thermal and Statistical Physics. 2008. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7946&DocID=685 (accessed 6 October 2024).
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Gould, Harvey, and Jan Tobochnik. "STP Textbook Chapter 8: Classical Gases and Liquids." Thermal and Statistical Physics. 2008. 2 Sep. 2008. 6 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7946&DocID=685>.
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