Statistical mechanics - Pathria, R. K.; Beale, Paul D. (Oxford Elsevier, 2011)
The statistical basis of thermodynamics -- Elements of the ensemble theory -- The canonical ensemble --The grand canonical ensemble -- Formulation of quantum statistics -- The theory of simple gases -- Ideal Bose systems -- Ideal Fermi systems -- Thermodynamics of the early universe -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems: the method of cluster expansions -- Statistical mechanics of interacting systems: the method of quantized fields -- Phase transitions: critically, universality and scaling -- Phase transitions: exact (or almost exact) results for the various models -- Phase transitions: the renormalization group approach -- Fluctuations.and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics -- Computer simulations -- Appendices.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 687-705) and index.
Keywords: Statistical mechanics