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1、ELEMENTSOFSTATISTICALMECHANICSWithanIntroductiontoQuantumFieldTheoryandNumericalSimulationElementsofStatisticalMechanicsprovidesaconcise,self-containedintroductiontothekeyconceptsandtoolsofstatisticalmechanicsincludingadvancedtopicssuchasnumericalmethodsandnon-relativisticquantum
2、fieldtheory.Beginningwithanintroductiontoclassicalthermodynamicsandstatisticalmechanicsthereaderisexposedtosimple,exactlysolublemodelsandtheirapplicationtobiologicalsystems.Analyticandnumericaltoolsarethendevelopedandappliedtorealisticsystemssuchasmagnetismandfluids.Theauthorsdiscu
3、ssquantumstatisticalmechanicsindetailwithapplicationstoproblemsincondensedmatteraswellasaselectionoftopicsinastrophysicsandcosmology.Thebookconcludeswithapresentationofemergentphenomenasuchasphasetransitions,theircriticalexponentsandtherenormalizationgroup.Combiningtheirextensive
4、experienceinresearchandteachinginthisfield,theauthorshaveproducedacomprehensivetextbookaccessibletoadvancedundergraduateandgrad-uatestudentsinphysics,chemistryandmathematics.IvoSachsisProfessorofPhysicsattheDepartmentofPhysics,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨at(LMU),Munich,Germany.Af
5、tergaininghisPh.D.fromEidgen¨ossischeTechnischeHochschule(ETH),Zurichin1995,heheldresearchpositionsattheDublinInstituteforAdvancedStudies,theUniversityofDurhamandLMU,beforehisappointmentasLecturerinMathematicsatTrinityCollegeDublin.Hehasheldhiscurrentpositionsince2003.Hismainarea
6、sofresearchincludequantumfieldtheory,stringtheoryandblackholes.SiddharthaSenistheDeputyDirectoroftheHamiltonMathematicsInstituteandanemeritusfellowofTrinityCollegeDublin.FollowinghiseducationinCalcuttaandSc.D.attheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,hehasheldvisitingpositionsatCERN
7、,Fermilab,BrookhavenNationalLaboratory,NY;theTATAInstitute,Bombay,andcurrentlyattheIndianAssociationfortheCultivationofScience,Calcutta.Hehaspublishedover80papersandco-authoredabookinmathematicalphysics;hisotherresearchinterestsincludeblackholephysicsandstringtheory.JamesC.Sexton
8、isDirectorofHighPerfomanceComputingandal
