Statistical Physics - DAMTP

Preprint typeset in JHEP style - HYPER VERSION Lent Term, 2011 and 2012. Statistical Physics University of Cambridge Part II Mathematical Tripos Dr David Tong Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics , Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 OBA, UK. 1 . Recommended Books and Resources Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics A comprehensive and detailed account of the subject. It's solid. It's good. It isn't quirky. Kardar, Statistical Physics of Particles A modern view on the subject which offers many insights. It's superbly written, if a little brief in places. A companion volume, The Statistical Physics of Fields covers aspects of critical phenomena. Both are available to download as lecture notes. Links are given on the course webpage Landau and Lifshitz, Statistical Physics Russian style: terse, encyclopedic, magnificent. Much of this book comes across as remarkably modern given that it was first published in 1958.

Contents 1. The Fundamentals of Statistical Mechanics 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 The Microcanonical Ensemble 2 1.2.1 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 5

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