Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Chapter 1. Basic principles of statistics 1
5. Chapter 2. Gibbs distribution 43
6. Chapter 3. Classical ideal gas 60
7. Chapter 4. Quantum ideal gases 75
8. Chapter 5. Condensed matter 101
9. Chapter 6. Superconductivity 133
10. Chapter 7. Fluctuations 160
11. Chapter 8. Phase transitions and critical phenomena 170
12. Chapter 9. Linear response 195
13. Chapter 10. Kinetic equations 208
14. Chapter 11. Basics of the modern theory of many-particle systems 225
15. Appendix A. Motion in phase space, ergodicity and mixing 248
16. Appendix B. Statistical mechanics and information theory 259
17. Appendix C. Nonequilibrium statistical operators 270
18. Bibliography 277
19. Index 279