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*[[ | *[[Boltzmann distribution]] | ||
*[[Born-Green equation]] | |||
*[[Brownian motion]] | |||
*[[Canonical ensemble]] | |||
*[[Chemical potential]] | |||
*[[Classical critical points]] | |||
*[[Compressibility equation]] | |||
*[[Curie's law]] | |||
*[[de Broglie thermal wavelength]] | *[[de Broglie thermal wavelength]] | ||
*[[Energy equation]] | |||
*[[Entropy]] | *[[Entropy]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Gibbs distribution]] | ||
*[[Gibbs ensemble]] | *[[Gibbs ensemble]] | ||
*[[Grand canonical ensemble]] | *[[Grand canonical ensemble]] | ||
*[[Isothermal-isobaric ensemble]] | *[[Isothermal-isobaric ensemble]] | ||
*[[Kirkwood superposition approximation]] | *[[Kirkwood superposition approximation]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Liouville's theorem]] | ||
*[[Maxwell velocity distribution]] | *[[Maxwell velocity distribution]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Microcanonical ensemble]] | ||
*[[Pair distribution function]] | *[[Pair distribution function]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Partition function]] | ||
*[[Phase transitions]] | |||
*[[Pressure equation]] (aka. virial equation) | *[[Pressure equation]] (aka. virial equation) | ||
*[[ | *[[Radial distribution function]] | ||
*[[Semi-grand ensembles]] | |||
*[[Structure factor]] | |||
===Paradoxes=== | ===Paradoxes=== | ||
*[[Gibbs paradox]] | *[[Gibbs paradox]] | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 22 May 2007
- Boltzmann distribution
- Born-Green equation
- Brownian motion
- Canonical ensemble
- Chemical potential
- Classical critical points
- Compressibility equation
- Curie's law
- de Broglie thermal wavelength
- Energy equation
- Entropy
- Gibbs distribution
- Gibbs ensemble
- Grand canonical ensemble
- Isothermal-isobaric ensemble
- Kirkwood superposition approximation
- Liouville's theorem
- Maxwell velocity distribution
- Microcanonical ensemble
- Pair distribution function
- Partition function
- Phase transitions
- Pressure equation (aka. virial equation)
- Radial distribution function
- Semi-grand ensembles
- Structure factor
Paradoxes
General interest
- D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics 27 pp. 289 - 338 (1955)
- O. Penrose "Foundations of statistical mechanics", Reports on Progress in Physics 42 pp. 1937-2006 (1979)
- P. W. Anderson "More Is Different", Science 177 pp. 393-396 (1972)
- J. S. Rowlinson "The evolution of some statistical mechanical ideas", Molecular Physics 104 pp. 3399 - 3410 (2006)
- Elliott H. Lieb "Some problems in statistical mechanics that I would like to see solved", Physica A 263 pp. 491-499 (1999)