Statistical Physics: Including Applications to Condensed Matter (Hardcover, 2005)

Statistical Description of Large Systems. Postulates of Statistical Physics.- The Different Statistical Ensembles. General Methods in Statistical Physics.- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics in Equilibrium.- The Ideal Gas.- Indistinguishability, the Pauli Principle (Quantum Mechanics).- General Properties of the Quantum Statistics.- Free Fermions Properties.- Elements of Bands Theory and Crystal Conductivity.- Bosons : Helium 4, Photons, Thermal Radiation.