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| Title: | Progress in Statistical Mechanics Research
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| Author: | Javier S Moreno (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1604560282 : 9781604560282 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Weight: | 1.14 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - July 2008 |
| List Price: | 85.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Thermodynamics & statistical physics |
Statistical mechanics is the application of probability theory, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations, to the field of mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of particles or objects when subjected to a force. It provides a framework for relating the microscopic properties of individual atoms and molecules to the macroscopic or bulk properties of materials that can be observed in everyday life, therefore explaining thermodynamics as a natural result of statistics and mechanics (classical and quantum) at the microscopic level. In particular, it can be used to calculate the thermodynamic properties of bulk materials from the spectroscopic data of individual molecules. This ability to make macroscopic predictions based on microscopic properties is the main asset of statistical mechanics over thermodynamics. Both theories are governed by the second law of thermodynamics through the medium of entropy.
Preface; On Statistical Interpretation of Fractional Quantum Mechanics; A Theoretical Approach to Solar Energy Buildings; Lattice Gas Approach to Pedestrian Traffic; The Gibbs Method and an Alternative Approach in Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Wall-Collision Statistics in Classical Open and Closed Billiards Across Geometry; The Role of the Process Heterogeneity in the Critical Dynamics of Fracture; Synchronization Preservation of Dynamical Networks; Theory of Hydrodynamic Turbulence: External Scales and Irrotational Fields; Phase Diagram in Traffic Dynamics; Noise Effects in Extended Chaotic System: Study on the Lorenz'96 Model; Dynamical Processes in the Complex Media with Low-Level Fractionality; Index.
