Statistical Mechanics and Statistical Methods in Theory and Application

  • Uzi Landman
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xi
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  2. Critical Points and Multicritical Points
    Michael E. Fisher
    Pages 1-2
  3. Series Expansion Approximants for Singular Functions of Many Variables
    Michael E. Fisher
    Pages 3-31
  4. Structure and Thermodynamics of Interfaces
    B. Widom
    Pages 33-71
  5. A Van Der Waals Fixed Point
    Melville S. Green
    Pages 73-81
  6. Spin-Spin Correlation Functions for the Two-Dimensional Ising Model
    Barry M. McCoy, Craig A. Tracy, Tai Tsun Wu
    Pages 83-97
  7. Scaled Particle Theory of Hard Sphere Fluids To 1976
    Howard Reiss
    Pages 99-140
  8. Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Boson Field Theory
    George A. Baker Jr.
    Pages 141-164
  9. On the Use of Determinants and their Expansions for Various Physical Problems
    F. T. Hioe
    Pages 165-190
  10. Ring Diagram Contribution to Electron Correlations
    A. Isihara
    Pages 191-202
  11. Fluctuations Near and Far from Equilibrium
    M. Kac
    Pages 203-218
  12. Stochastic Equations for Classical and Quantum Distribution Functions
    M. D. Srinivas, E. Wolf
    Pages 219-252
  13. Stationary States and Noise in the Ballast Resistor, An Electro-Thermal Instability in a Conducting Wire
    D. Bedeaux, P. Mazur, R. A. Pasmanter
    Pages 253-282
  14. Speculations on the Intrinsic Significance of Random Interactions
    M. Dresden
    Pages 283-311
  15. A Dilation Problem in Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
    Gerard G. Emch
    Pages 313-329
  16. The Fractal Geometry of Percolation, Polymers and Almost Everything Else
    Benoit B. Mandelbrot
    Pages 331-342
  17. On the Iterative Solution of a Stochastic Mapping
    Robert H. G. Helleman
    Pages 343-370
  18. Theory of the Surface Contribution to the Low Temperature Specific Heat of a Semi-Infinite Solid
    A. A. Maradudin, R. F. Wallis, A. Eguiluz
    Pages 371-411
  19. Optical Spectra Line Shape for Mixed Crystals
    I. P. Ipatova, A. V. Subashiev
    Pages 413-427
  20. Nonadiabatic Approach to Vibronically Assisted Radiationless Transitions
    M. Lax, W. J. Shugard
    Pages 429-439

About this book

Keywords

distribution function equilibrium field theory geometry mechanics solution statistical mechanics thermodynamics

Editors and affiliations

  • Uzi Landman
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.University of RochesterRochesterUSA
  2. 2.Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4166-6
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag US 1977
  • Publisher Name Springer, Boston, MA
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-1-4613-4168-0
  • Online ISBN 978-1-4613-4166-6
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