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Thermodynamics, Gibbs Method and Statistical Physics of Electron Gases: Gibbs Method and Statistical Physics of Electron Gases

By Bahram M. Askerov , Sophia Figarova (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2010
ISBN
3642031706, 9783642031700, 9783642031717
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-03171-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5435359 bytes)
Series
Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 57
Edition
1
Pages
374\382
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46
Dynamical Systems and ComplexityThermodynamics;Mathematical Methods in Physics;Qua

Description

This book deals with theoretical thermodynamics and the statistical physics of electron and particle gases. While treating the laws of thermodynamics from both classical and quantum theoretical viewpoints, it posits that the basis of the statistical theory of macroscopic properties of a system is the microcanonical distribution of isolated systems, from which all canonical distributions stem. To calculate the free energy, the Gibbs method is applied to ideal and non-ideal gases, and also to a crystalline solid. Considerable attention is paid to the Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein quantum statistics and its application to different quantum gases, and electron gas in both metals and semiconductors is considered in a nonequilibrium state. A separate chapter treats the statistical theory of thermodynamic properties of an electron gas in a quantizing magnetic field.

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