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Statistical Physics of Crystals and Liquids: A Guide to Highly Accurate Equations of State
Author(s): Duane C Wallace (Author)
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2003
- Language: English
- Print length: 328 pages
- ISBN-10: 9812381120
- ISBN-13: 9789812381125
Book Description
This important book presents a unified formulation from first principles of the Hamiltonian and statistical mechanics of metallic and insulating crystals, amorphous solids, and liquids. Extensive comparison of theory and experiment provides an accurate understanding of the statistical properties of phonons, electrons, and phonon-phonon and electron-phonon interactions in elemental crystals and liquids. Questions are posed along the following lines: What is the “best” theory for a given property? How accurate is a good theory? What information is gained by a comparison of theory and experiment? How accurate is a good experiment?
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?The investigated subjects make this book very useful for specialists in statistical mechanics and structure of matter.?
