An Introduction to Statistical Physics

Front Page Front Jacket Title Page PREFACE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Part I BASIC INFORMATION FROM THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY 1. RANDOM EVENTS AND PROBABILITY 2. RANDOM VARIABLES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS Part II CLASSICAL STATISTICS OF EQUILIBRIUM STATES 3. MAXWELL DISTRIBUTION 4. BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION 5. GIBBS DISTRIBUTION 6. RELATION OF STATISTICS TO THERMODYNAMICS Part III QUANTUM STATISTICS OF EQUILIBRIUM STATES 7. SOME INFORMATION FROM QUANTUM MECHANICS 8. GRAND CANONICAL DISTRIBUTION 9. BOSE-EINSTEIN STATISTICS 10. FERMI-DIRAC STATISTICS Part IV STATISTICAL PHYSICS OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM STATES 11. BOLTZMANN EQUATION 12. DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION IN DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION (LORENTZ APPROXIMATION) 13. COLLISIONS 14. FLUCTUATIONS APPENDICES ADDITIONAL READING NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX