Editing Statistical mechanics

*[[Liouville's theorem]]
*[[de Broglie thermal wavelength]]
*[[Entropy]]
*[[Partition function]]
*[[Boltzmann distribution]]
*[[Gibbs ensemble]]
*[[Gibbs distribution]]
*[[Canonical ensemble]]
*[[Microcanonical ensemble]]
*[[Grand canonical ensemble]]
*[[Isothermal-isobaric ensemble]]
*[[Semi-grand ensembles]]
*[[Radial distribution function]]
*[[Kirkwood superposition approximation]]
*[[Born-Green equation]]
*[[Phase transitions]]
*[[Classical critical points]]
*[[Structure factor]]
*[[Curie's law]]
*[[Maxwell velocity distribution]]
*[[Brownian motion]]
*[[Compressibility equation]]
===Paradoxes===
*[[Gibbs paradox]]
*[[Parrondo's paradox]]
==General interest==
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.27.289  D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics '''27''' pp. 289 - 338 (1955)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/42/12/002 O. Penrose "Foundations of statistical mechanics", Reports on Progress in Physics '''42''' pp. 1937-2006 (1979)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.177.4047.393 P. W. Anderson "More Is Different", Science '''177''' pp. 393-396 (1972)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268970600965835 J. S. Rowlinson "The evolution of some statistical mechanical ideas", Molecular Physics '''104''' pp. 3399 - 3410 (2006)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00517-2 Elliott H. Lieb  "Some problems in statistical mechanics that I would like to see solved", Physica A '''263''' pp. 491-499 (1999)]
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-<blockquote>''"Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics."''
+*[[Liouville's theorem]]
-:David L. Goodstein "States of Matter" Prentice-Hall (1975) ISBN 978-0138435578 (Chapter 1 page 1).</blockquote>
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-==B==
-*[[BBGKY hierarchy]]
-*[[Boltzmann average]]
-*[[Boltzmann constant]]
-*[[Boltzmann distribution]]
-*[[Boltzmann factor]]
-*[[Born-Green equation]]
-*[[Brownian motion]]
-==C==
-*[[Canonical ensemble]]
-*[[Chemical potential]]
-*[[Compressibility equation]]
-*[[Critical exponents]]
-*[[Critical points]]
-*[[Curie's law]]
-==D==
-*[[Darwin-Fowler method]]
 *[[de Broglie thermal wavelength]]
-==E==
-*[[Energy equation]]
 *[[Entropy]]
-*[[Ensembles in thermostatistics]]
+*[[Partition function]]
-*[[Ergodic hypothesis]]
+*[[Boltzmann distribution]]
+*[[Gibbs ensemble]]
-==F==
-*[[Fermi-Pasta-Ulam experiment]]
-*[[Fisher–Ruelle stability criteria]]
-*[[Fisher-Widom line]]
-*[[Four-body function]]
-*[[Frenkel line]]
-==G==
 *[[Gibbs distribution]]
-*[[Gibbs ensemble]]
+*[[Canonical ensemble]]
-*[[Gibbs measures]]
+*[[Microcanonical ensemble]]
-*[[Gibbs paradox]]
-*[[Goldstone modes]]
 *[[Grand canonical ensemble]]
-==I==
-*[[Information theory]]
-*[[Internal energy]]
-*[[Intermolecular pair potential]]
-*[[Isoenthalpic–isobaric ensemble]]
 *[[Isothermal-isobaric ensemble]]
-==J==
+*[[Semi-grand ensembles]]
-*[[Joule-Thomson effect]]
+*[[Radial distribution function]]
-==K==
 *[[Kirkwood superposition approximation]]
-*[[Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem]]
+*[[Born-Green equation]]
+*[[Phase transitions]]
-==L==
+*[[Classical critical points]]
-*[[Law of corresponding states]]
+*[[Structure factor]]
-*[[Liouville's theorem]]
+*[[Curie's law]]
-*[[Loschmidt's paradox]] (Umkehreinwand)
-*[[Lyapunov exponents]]
-==M==
-*[[MaxEnt thermodynamics]]
 *[[Maxwell velocity distribution]]
-*[[Maxwell's demon]]
+*[[Brownian motion]]
-*[[Mean field models]]
+*[[Compressibility equation]]
-*[[Melting curve]]
+===Paradoxes===
-*[[Microcanonical ensemble]]
+*[[Gibbs paradox]]
-*[[Microstate]]
-*[[Mixing systems]]
-==P==
-*[[Pair distribution function]]
 *[[Parrondo's paradox]]
-*[[Partition function]]
+==General interest==
-*[[Phase space]]
-*[[Phase transitions]]
-*[[Poincaré theorem]]
-*[[Pressure]]
-*[[Pressure equation]] (aka. virial equation)
-==Q==
-*[[Quantum statistics]]
-==R==
-*[[Radial distribution function]]
-*[[Ross melting rule]]
-==S==
-*[[Semi-grand ensembles]]
-*[[Stochastic transition]]
-*[[Structure factor]]
-*[[Surface tension]]
-==T==
-*[[Temperature]]
-*[[Thermodynamic limit]]
-*[[Transfer matrices]]
-==W==
-*[[Widom line]]
-*[[Wigner's distribution function]]
-==Y==
-*[[Yang-Yang anomaly]]
-==Z==
-*[[Zermelo’s paradox]] (Wiederkehreinwand)
-}}
-==General reading==
-'''Books'''
-* Donald A. McQuarrie "Statistical Mechanics", University Science Books (1984) (Re-published 2000) ISBN 978-1-891389-15-3
-* L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz "Statistical Physics", Course of Theoretical Physics volume 5 Part 1 3rd Edition (1984) ISBN 0750633727
-* Terrell L. Hill "Statistical Mechanics: Principles and Selected Applications" (1956) ISBN 0486653900
-* Terrell L. Hill "An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics" (1986) ISBN 0486652424
-* Arieh Ben-Naim " Statistical Thermodynamics With Applications to the Life Sciences", World Scientific Publishing (2014) ISBN 978-981-4579-15-5
-'''Papers'''
 *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.27.289  D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics '''27''' pp. 289 - 338 (1955)]
 *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/42/12/002 O. Penrose "Foundations of statistical mechanics", Reports on Progress in Physics '''42''' pp. 1937-2006 (1979)]
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 *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268970600965835 J. S. Rowlinson "The evolution of some statistical mechanical ideas", Molecular Physics '''104''' pp. 3399 - 3410 (2006)]
 *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00517-2 Elliott H. Lieb  "Some problems in statistical mechanics that I would like to see solved", Physica A '''263''' pp. 491-499 (1999)]
-*[http://www.pro-physik.de/Phy/pdfstart.do?mid=3&articleid=25753&recordid=25793 Joel L. Lebowitz  "Emergent Phenomena", Physik Journal '''6''' #9 pp. 41-46 (2007)]
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