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Thermal Physics

Entropy And Free Energies (2nd Edition)

By: Joon Chang Lee

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Hardcover | 14 February 2011 | Edition Number 2

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The book aims to explain the basic ideas of thermal physics intuitively and in the simplest possible way. It is intended to make the reader feel comfortable with the ideas of entropy and of free energy. Thermal physics is prone to misunderstanding, confusion and is often overlooked. However, a good foundation is necessary to prepare the reader for advanced level studies.

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Preface	p. vii
Introduction to Thermal Physics	p. 1
Bird's-Eye view of Thermal Physics	p. 1
All you Need to Know to Read the Rest of the Book	p. 5
Several Taylor Series Expansions (*)	p. 5
The Dirac ¿ Function (**)	p. 6
Gamma Function (***)	p. 6
The Gaussian Integrals (***)	p. 10
Hypersphere in d-Dimensional Space (***)	p. 10
Fourier Transformations (**)	p. 13
Functional Derivative (**)	p. 14
The Method of Undetermined Lagrange Multiplier (*)	p. 15
Permutations Combinatorial and Arrangements (*)	p. 16
Distribution Function (***)	p. 17
The Central Limit Theorem (***)	p. 22
Quantum Mechanics (***)	p. 26
Thermal Physics on Computer	p. 30
Isolated Thermal Systems	p. 33
Introduction	p. 33
The Fundamental Postulate	p. 34
The Microcanonical Ensemble	p. 35
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 37
Entropy of Ideal Gas Mobile Particles	p. 40
With Position- and Momentum-Definite Microstates	p. 41
With Energy-Definite Microstates	p. 46
The Fundamental Thermodynamic Equations	p. 49
Temperature, Pressure and Chemical Potential	p. 49
The Approach to Equilibrium	p. 53
Temperature	p. 54
Pressure	p. 55
Chemical Potential	p. 56
Multiple Traffic Control Systems	p. 58
Some Reflections	p. 59
Macrostates	p. 65
The Largest Macrostate	p. 65
How Dominant?	p. 66
First Law of Thermodynamics	p. 68
Extensive and Intensive Variables	p. 71
Entropy of Mixing	p. 73
Entropy-Driven Forces	p. 76
Rubber Bands	p. 76
Colloidal suspensions	p. 77
Osmosis	p. 78
Ideal Gas	p. 80
Non-Mobile Thermal Systems	p. 81
Magnets	p. 92
Negative Temperature	p. 88
Rubger Bands	p. 91
Schottky Defects	p. 95
Systems in Contact with a Thermal Reservior	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
Helmholtz Free Energy	p. 98
The Minimum Free Energy Principle	p. 99
The Modified Postulate and the Boltzmann Factor	p. 102
Response Functions and Fluctuations	p. 108
Energy	p. 109
Magnetization	p. 110
Canonical Ensemble	p. 112
Ising Spins	p. 113
Schottky Defects	p. 115
Ideal Gas	p. 116
Equipartition Theorem	p. 121
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution	p. 122
Maxwell Velocity Distribution	p. 125
Specific Heat and Einstein's Solid	p. 127
Specific Heat and Debye's Solid	p. 130
Solids and Gas in Equilibrium	p. 132
Black Body Radiation	p. 134
Entropy as a Measure of Disorder	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Order and Disorder	p. 141
Uncertainity and Missing Information: Shannon's Entropy and Information Theory	p. 147
Disorder Verses Uncertainty	p. 153
Open Systems Exposed to Heat and Particle Reservoir	p. 155
Introduction	p. 155
Open Systems	p. 155
Grand Canonical Ensemble Formalism	p. 157
Hemoglobin and Myoglobin	p. 161
Flexible Systems: Systems in Contact with Heat and Volume Reservoir	p. 163
Introduction	p. 163
Gibbs Free Energy	p. 163
Constant Pressure Ensemble Formalism	p. 165
Constant Pressure Ensemble Formalism I	p. 166
Constant Pressure Ensemble Formalism I	p. 167
Weak Solutions and Osmosis	p. 169
External Chemcial Potential	p. 173
Two More Energy-Like Functions and Concluding Remarks	p. 177
Introdution	p. 177
Energy	p. 177
Enthalpy	p. 177
Extensivities of Free Energies	p. 179
Do Free Energies Have a Physical Meaning on Their Own? Maximum (Minimum) Work Theorem and Thermodynamic Potential	p. 180
Quantum Ideal Gas	p. 185
Introdution	p. 185
The Occupation Number Formalism and Slightly Degenerate Ideal Gas	p. 186
Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Distribution Functions	p. 194
Degenerate Electron Gas Near and At T = 0	p. 195
Degenerate Ideal Boson Gas At and Near T=0	p. 201
The Classical Regime Revisited	p. 204
Thermodynamics	p. 207
Introduction	p. 207
Carnot Heat Enging I	p. 208
Carnot Heat Engine II	p. 210
Relationships Between Thermodynamic Derivatives	p. 214
Important Thermodynamic Derivatives and Their Mutual Relationships	p. 219
Thermodynamic Stability	p. 220
Energy Versus Free Energy	p. 227
Introduction	p. 227
Boltzmann Factor for Macrostates and Macrostate Free Energy	p. 228
Thermodynamic Work and Thermodynamic Potential	p. 231
Is Some Energy Really Free?	p. 234
Phases and Phase Transitions	p. 237
Introduction	p. 237
Liquid State and Solid State	p. 238
Phase Diagrams	p. 244
Phase Rule	p. 246
Coexistence Curves	p. 246
Interface	p. 249
The Van der Waals Theory	p. 251
Dynamics of First Order Phase Transitions	p. 261
Unstable Region	p. 263
Metastable Region	p. 263
Binary Systems: Mixing and Demixing	p. 265
More on Binary Mixtures: Their Phase Equilibria	p. 270
Second-Order Phase Transitions	p. 275
Introduction	p. 275
Liquid-Gas Molecular Systems	p. 279
Spin Systems	p. 284
Broken Symmetry, Order Parameter	p. 286
Universality	p. 289
Susceptibility and Spatial Correlations	p. 289
Interacting Ising Spins on a Chain	p. 292
Mean-Field Theory: Magnetism	p. 296
Mean Field Theory: Liquid-Gas Sytems	p. 302
Landau Mean Field Theory	p. 305
The Static Scaling Hyposthesis	p. 310
Landau-Ginzburg Free Energy Functional and Applications	p. 319
Introduction	p. 319
Landau-Ginzburg Free Engergy	p. 319
The Renormalization Group Theory	p. 322
Phase Separation Dynamics	p. 330
The Time Evolution of the Order Parameter Function	p. 332
Quantum Fluid	p. 341
Introduction	p. 341
Superfluidity	p. 342
Bose-Einstein Codensation	p. 349
Computer Simulations	p. 355
Introdution	p. 355
Monte Carlo Method I	p. 355
Monte Carlo Method II: The Master Equation	p. 357
Finite Size Scaling	p. 366
Bibliography	p. 369
Index	p. 373
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