Statistical Physics

Yuri Klimontovich of the Moscow State University, MSU Faculty of Physics

• Preface, Introduction, CHAPTER ONE. Principles of Classical Statistical Physics, CHAPTER TWO. Principles of Quantum Statistical Physics, CHAPTER THREE. Thermodynamical Theory of an Equilibrium State, CHAPTER FOUR. Statistical Theory of an Equilibrium State, CHAPTER FIVE. Ideal Gas, CHAPTER SIX. Fluctuations in the Thermodynamic Parameters, CHAPTER SEVEN. Time and Phase Averages, CHAPTER EIGHT. Method of Distribution Functions and Method of Microscopic Phase Density, CHAPTER NINE. Kinetic Theory of a Rarefied Gas, CHAPTER TEN. Statistical Foundations of the Equations of Gas Dynamics, CHAPTER ELEVEN. Brownian Motion. Kinetic and CHAPTER TWELVE. Brownian Motion in Self-oscillating Systems, CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Fundamentals of the Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium (Irreversible) Processes, CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Statistical Description of Electromagnetic Processes, CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Fully Ionized Plasma, CHAPTER SIXTEEN. System Containing Atoms and a Field. Classical Theory, CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Quantum Kinetic Theory of Gases and Plasmas, CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Kinetic Theory of Chemically Reacting Systems. Partially Ionized Plasmas, CHAPTER NINETEEN. System Containing Atoms and a Field-Quantum Theory, CHAPTER TWENTY. Dense Gases and Liquids, CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Second-Order Phase Transitions, CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions in Quantum Systems, CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Turbulence, CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. The Fluctuation- Dissipation Theorem. Kinetic Equations for Multi-Particle Distribution Functions, Conclusion, References, Subject Index