Directory of Statistical Mechanics Resources

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Statistical mechanics is the application of statistics to the field of mechanics. It relates the microscopic properties of individual atoms and molecules to the macroscopic or bulk properties of materials, hence explaining thermodynamics as a natural result of statistics and (classical or quantum) mechanics. It can, for example, predict the thermodynamic properties of bulk materials from the spectroscopic data of individual molecules.

Subcategories

• Black Holes
• Quantum

Resources in This Category

• ArXiv Statistical Mechanics

  http://arxiv.org/list/cond-mat.stat-mech/recent
  Recent papers and preprints in Statistical Mechanics.

• Boltzmann Transport Equation

  http://urila.tripod.com/Boltzmann.htm
  A paper by Uri Lachish studying transport phenomena: currents and transport coefficients; thermally induced diffusion.

• Entropy

  http://www.mdpi.org/entropy/
  Online journal intended for collegiate audiences. Provides links to web-based articles as well as some "basic" lessons on entropy.

• History of Statistical Physics

  http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9803005
  A short review by D. Flamm of the history of statistical physics.

• King's College London

  http://www.mth.kcl.ac.uk/research/statphys/
  Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Probability Group. Staff and preprints.

• Molecular Dynamics Simulator

  http://polymer.bu.edu/wamnet.html
  Java applets to simulate motion of molecules under different potentials.

• Monte Carlo Simulation for Statistical Physics

  http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/~paulc/teaching/montecarlo/p_montecarlo.html
  A brief online text book on Monte Carlo Methods by Paul Coddington, Syracuse University.

• Phase transitions on lattices

  http://ibiblio.org/e-notes/Perc/contents.htm
  Phase transitions and solitons in magnetics, site and continuum percolations with interactive Java applets and comments.

• Philosophy of Statistical Mechanics

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/statphys-statmech/
  Entry in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy with bibliography and links.

• SklogWiki: Statistical Mechanics

  http://www.sklogwiki.org/SklogWiki/index.php/Statistical_mechanics
  Wiki oriented towards theoretical and computational studies.

• Statistical Mechanical Simulator

  http://www.chemcollective.org/applets/statmech.php
  Online applet and downloadable program to simulate equilibrium statistical mechanics.

• Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell

  http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9805024
  Lecture notes by Jochen Rau from a course on "Transport Theory" taught at Dresden University.

• Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell

  http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~jochen/transport/outline.html
  Lecture notes forming an introductory online text book.

• The Center for Complex Quantum Systems

  http://order.ph.utexas.edu/
  University of Texas at Austin. Links to faculty and staff, events and books on chaos physics and other topics.

• The Random Walk

  http://www.physics.ucla.edu/%7Echester/TECH/RandomWalk/
  Motion graphic web presentation examining the elemental one dimensional random walk showing how its probability distributions develop. Format allows independent accessibility of animated images and text.

• What Does Negative Temperature Mean?

  http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/neg_temperature.html
  A short article from USENET Physics FAQ.

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