About this book
Introduction
Statistical Physics bridges the properties of a macroscopic system and the microscopic behavior of its constituting particles, otherwise impossible due to the giant magnitude of Avogadro's number. Numerous systems of today's key technologies -- as e.g. semiconductors or lasers -- are macroscopic quantum objects; only statistical physics allows for understanding their fundamentals. Therefore, this graduate text also focuses on particular applications such as the properties of electrons in solids with applications, and radiation thermodynamics and the greenhouse effect.
Keywords
condensed matter dynamics mechanics quantum mechanics statistical physics thermodynamics
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/b106783
- Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2005
- Publisher Name Springer, New York, NY
- eBook Packages Physics and Astronomy
- Print ISBN 978-0-387-22660-6
- Online ISBN 978-0-387-25099-1
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