Statistical physics

This book expands the explanatory scope of econophysics to the real economy.

This book presents a systematic and coherent approach to phase transitions and critical phenomena, namely the coherent-anomaly method (CAM theory) based on cluster mean-field approximations.

This is the first book to cover the theory of noise sensitivity of Boolean functions with particular emphasis on critical percolation.

Introduces graduate students and researchers to mathematical physics, providing a mathematical discourse on the relation between theoretical and experimental physics.

This book is the fourth in the series of review papers on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena, the first three volumes appeared in 2004, 2007, and 2012.

A user-friendly introduction for mathematicians to some of the principal stochastic models near the interface of probability and physics.

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (NESM), practically synonymous with time-dependent statistical mechanics (TDSM), is a beautiful and profound subject, vast in scope, diverse in applications, and indispensable in understanding the changing natural phenomena we encounter in the physical, chemical and biological world.

This is the first scientic book devoted to the Pauli exclusion principle, which is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics and is permanently applied in chemistry, physics, and molecular biology.

The book is based on the lectures delivered at the XCIII Session of the Ecole de Physique des Houches, held in August, 2009.

Quantum phase transitions describe the violent rearrangement of electrons or atoms as they evolve from well defined excitations in one phase to a completely different set of excitations in another.

Algebraic structures including vector space, groups, topological spaces and more, all covered in one volume, showing the mutual connections.

Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses.

The principal message of this book is that thermodynamics and statistical mechanics will benefit from replacing the unfortunate, misleading and mysterious term "e;entropy"e; with a more familiar, meaningful and appropriate term such as information, missing information or uncertainty.

This volume contains more than 80 papers by theorists and experimentalists in the field of multiparticle production.

This book provides a complete introduction into spatial networks.

This book highlights cutting-edge topics in contemporary physics, discussing exciting advances and new forms of thinking in evolving fields with emphases both on natural phenomena and applications to modern engineering.

This volume is the third edition of the first-ever elementary book on the Langevin equation method for the solution of problems involving the translational and rotational Brownian motion of particles and spins in a potential highlighting modern applications in physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, and so on.

This book reviews and contrasts contemporary and historical perceptions of time from scientific and intuitive human points of view.

This book offers a unified perspective on the study of complex systems, with contributions written by leading scientists from various disciplines.

This thesis makes significant advances in the use of microspheres in optical traps as highly precise sensing platforms.

This new edition of College Physics Essentials provides a streamlined update of a major textbook for algebra-based physics.

A Modern Course in Statistical Physics is a textbook that illustrates the foundations of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, and the universal nature of thermodynamic processes, from the point of view of contemporary research problems.

Thermodynamics Problem Solving in Physical Chemistry: Study Guide and Map is an innovative and unique workbook that guides physical chemistry students through the decision-making process to assess a problem situation, create appropriate solutions, and gain confidence through practice solving physical chemistry problems.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence increasingly use methodological tools rooted in statistical physics.

This text presents the two complementary aspects of thermal physics as an integrated theory of the properties of matter.

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at the 2010 summer school in theoretical physics in Les Houches, France, Session XCIV.

A self-contained graduate-level introduction to the statistical mechanics of disordered systems.

This is the second volume in a four-part series on fluid dynamics:Part 1.

An in-depth account on complex connectivity patterns for graduates and researchers in statistical mechanics, mathematical biology and information science.

In 1992, students of Bert Green and Angas Hurst conceived the idea of a meeting to commemorate their contributions to Mathematical Physics and to celebrate their passing the milestone of three score years and ten.

This edited volume collects nine surveys that present the state-of-the-art in modeling, qualitative analysis, and simulation of active particles, focusing on specific applications in the natural sciences.

The field of stochastic processes and Random Matrix Theory (RMT) has been a rapidly evolving subject during the last fifteen years.

The theory of data assimilation and machine learning is introduced in an accessible manner for undergraduate and graduate students.

This book offers the reader a journey through the counterintuitive nature of Brownian motion under confinement.

Mathematical Physics for Nuclear Experiments presents an accessible introduction to the mathematical derivations of key equations used in describing and analysing results of typical nuclear physics experiments.

Small systems are a very active area of research and development due to improved instrumentation that allows for spatial resolution in the range of sizes from one to 100 nm.

Focuses on practical application of spectral analysis of time series, with examples from environmental, engineering and physical sciences.

This book serves as an introduction to the growing field of quantum many-body transport in interacting nanojunctions.

Statistics lectures have been a source of much bewilderment and frustration for generations of students.

Soft matter (polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals) are an important class of materials in modern technology.

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (NESM), practically synonymous with time-dependent statistical mechanics (TDSM), is a beautiful and profound subject, vast in scope, diverse in applications, and indispensable in understanding the changing natural phenomena we encounter in the physical, chemical and biological world.

This textbook offers an introduction to statistical mechanics, special relativity, and quantum physics, developed from lecture notes for the "e;Quantum Physics"e; course at the University of Padua.

This classic graduate lecture note volume on statistical mechanics focuses on Physics, rather than mathematics.

Statistical physics and thermodynamics describe the behaviour of systems on the macroscopic scale.