Basics of statistical physics: a bachelor degree introduction
Hackensack, NJ
World Scientific
c2010
x, 211 p. : ill
Includes bibliographical references )p.203-206( and index
Harald J.W. Muller-Kirsten
Introduction -- Statistical mechanics of an ideal gas )Maxwell( -- The a priori probability -- Classical statistics )Maxwell-Boltzmann( -- Entropy -- Quantum statistics -- Exact form of distribution functions -- Application to radiation )Light Quanta( -- Debye theory of specific heat of solids -- Electrons in metals -- Limitations of the preceding theory : improvement with ensemble method -- Averaging instead of maximization, and Bose-Eomstein condensation