STATISTICAL MECHANICS

1st module

Prof. Sandro Stringari

A.A. 1998/99

- Boltzmann equation

- Leggi di conservazione (conservation laws)

- the local equilibrium approximation

- transport phenomena

- micro canonical and grand canonical ensembles

- fluctuations in the canonical and grand canonical ensembles

- the ideal gas

- the virial expansion

- various applications
 

REFERENCE TEXTS

K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics