Statistical mechanics (Record no. 564963)
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| control field | OSt |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9783030281861 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | IIT Kanpur |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.13 |
| Item number | B455s |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Berlinsky, A. J. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Statistical mechanics |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | A. J. Berlinsky and A. B. Harris |
| Remainder of title | an introductory graduate course |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Springer Nature |
| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Place of publication | Switzerland |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxi, 602p |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Graduate texts in physics |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | / edited by Kurt H. Becker ...[et al.] |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In a comprehensive treatment of Statistical Mechanics from thermodynamics through the renormalization group, this book serves as the core text for a full-year graduate course in statistical mechanics at either the Masters or Ph.D. level. Each chapter contains numerous exercises, and several chapters treat special topics which can be used as the basis for student projects. <br/><br/>The concept of scaling is introduced early and used extensively throughout the text. At the heart of the book is an extensive treatment of mean field theory, from the simplest decoupling approach, through the density matrix formalism, to self-consistent classical and quantum field theory as well as exact solutions on the Cayley tree. Proceeding beyond mean field theory, the book discusses exact mappings involving Potts models, percolation, self-avoiding walks and quenched randomness, connecting various athermal and thermal models. Computational methods such as series expansions and Monte Carlo simulations are discussed, along with exact solutions to the 1D quantum and 2D classical Ising models. The renormalization group formalism is developed, starting from real-space RG and proceeding through a detailed treatment of Wilson’s epsilon expansion. Finally the subject of Kosterlitz-Thouless systems is introduced from a historical perspective and then treated by methods due to Anderson, Kosterlitz, Thouless and Young.<br/>Altogether, this comprehensive, up-to-date, and engaging text offers an ideal package for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses or for use in self study. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Statistical mechanics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Mass transfer |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Harris, A. B. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| General Stacks | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 06/12/2021 | 2 | 6181.95 | 530.13 B455s | A185402 | 7727.44 | Books |