Thermodynamics, Gibbs method and statistical physics of electron gases

This book deals with theoretical thermodynamics and the statistical physics of electron and particle gases. While treating the laws of thermodynamics from both classical and quantum theoretical viewpoints, it posits that the basis ofthe statistical theory of macroscopic properties of a system is the microcanonical distribution of isolated systems, from which all canonical distributionsstem. To calculate the free energy, the Gibbs method is applied to ideal and non-ideal gases, and also to a crystalline solid. Considerable attention is paid to the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein quantum statistics and its applicationto different quantum gases, and electron gas in both metals and semiconductors is considered in a nonequilibrium state. ;A separate chapter treats the statistical theory of thermodynamic properties of an electron gas in a quantizing magnetic field. INDICE: 1. Basic concepts of thermodynamics and statistical physics.- 2. Laws of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic functions.- 3. Phase transitions. Equilibrium of phases.- 4. Canonical distribution. Gibbs method.- 5. Ideal gas.- 6. Non-ideal gases.- 7. Solids.- 8. Fluctuations. Brownian motion.- 9. Quantum statistics. Ideal quantum gases.- 10. Electron gas in quantizing magnetic field.-11. Non-equilibrium electron gas in solids.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-26280-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 04/05/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés