by Jürgen Hafner (1987)
This book presents a survey of all the theoretical techniques needed to calculate a pressure-temperature phase diagram of a pure metal, or a composition-temperature phase diagram of a binary alloy, from first principles, that is, starting with the Hamiltonian of the system and with no other input except the atomic mass and the atomic number. The text begins with the elementary approach to the effective ionic forces in metals and alloys based on the pseudopotential and linear-response theories. The greater part of the book is concerned with the s, p-bonded or simple metals to which these theories apply. Transition and rare-earth metals and the tight-binding or band-theory methods required to describe them are treated only briefly. The statistical-mechanical and lattice-dynamical methods used to describe the liquid state and a vibrating crystal at finite temperatures are developed in detail. All scientists concerned with the structural and thermal properties of metals and alloys should find this book of interest.
Terrell L. Hill
"Part I deals with principles of quantum statistical mechanics. Part II examines systems composed of independent molecules or of other independent subsystems. Part III considers systems of interacting molecules and Part IV covers quantum statistics and includes sections on Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics, photon gas and free-volume theories of quantum liquids. Includes problems." --Publisher description.
Rouslan L. Stratonovich
This book gives the first detailed and coherent treatment of a young and exciting branch of statistical physics. The author presents a new common theoretical framework describing both linear and nonlinear nonequilibrium thermodynamics. This first of two volumes is concerned largely with the derivation and applications of various types of fluctuation-dissipation theorems. Both theoretical physicists and applied scientists will find this material of interest since the theoretical treatment is supported by numerous illustrative examples and application of the general result to a variety of electrical, thermal, mechanical and chemical systems.
J.J. Brey ... [et al.], eds
The book aims to give an overview of the previous Sitges Conferences, which have been held during the last 25 years, with special emphasis on topics related to non-equilibrium phenomena. It includes review articles and articles dealing with new trends in the subject, written by scientists who have played an important role in the development of this area. The book is intended as a commemorative edition of the Sitges Conferences. Graduate students of physics and researchers will find this a stimulating account of the development of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics in the last years, covering a wide scope of topics: kinetic theory, hydrodynamics, fluctuation phenomena and stochastic processes, relaxation phenomena, kinetics of phase transitions, growth kinetics, and so on.
Kenneth K. Kuo, Ragini Acharya
"This book is a follow-on to the author's bestseller, Principles of Combustion, Second Edition published in 2005. The text covers advanced topics of combustion and flame that are not covered anywhere else. Kuo provides a multiphase systems approach beginning with more common topics and moving to higher level applications such as reacting boundary layer flows, ignition of homogeneous mixtures, flame extinction phenomena, and detonation processes in condensed phase materials. As with Kuo's earlier book, large numbers of examples and problems and a solutions manual are provided"--