Statistical Physics For Electrical Engineering
Kinetic theory and Maxwell distribution – Statistical nature of an ideal gas – Collisions – Dynamic aspects – Recommended further reading – Literature – Elementary statistical physics – Basic postulates – Statistical ensemble – Micro-canonical ensemble – Canonical ensemble – Grand canonical ensemble – First Gibbs theorem – Further reading Suggestions – literature – quantum statistics – Fermi distribution – Dirac- combinatorial derivation of Fd statistics – Fd statistics from the canonical ensemble – Fermi energy – useful approximations of the Fermi integrals – applications of the Fd distribution – electrons in a solid – Thermoelectric Emission – Photoelectric Emission – Proposed Findings – Literature – Quantum Statistics – Bose-Einstein Distribution – Combinatorial Derivation of Be Statistics – Derivation Using the Grand Canonical Ensemble- Bose – Condensation Theory – Blackbody Radiation – Additional Suggestions – Systems of Interacting Particles and Phase Transitions – Introduction – Sources of interaction – Models of interacting particles – A qualitative discussion of phase transitions – One-dimensional Ising model – Curie-Weiss model – Rotating glasses – Recommended further reading – References.