In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic...

In statistical mechanics, a microstate is a specific configuration of a system that describes the precise positions and momenta of all the individual...

represent a particular statistical ensemble (which, in turn, corresponds to a particular free energy). The most common statistical ensembles have named...

Quantum statistical mechanics is statistical mechanics applied to quantum mechanical systems. In quantum mechanics a statistical ensemble (probability...

probability distribution over K different possible outcomes. In statistical mechanics, the softargmax function is known as the Boltzmann distribution...

In statistical mechanics, multiplicity (also called statistical weight) refers to the number of microstates corresponding to a particular macrostate of...

system might be in. In other words, a statistical ensemble is a set of systems of particles used in statistical mechanics to describe a single system. The...

Mechanics (from Ancient Greek μηχανική (mēkhanikḗ) 'of machines') is the area of physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion...

In statistical mechanics, the correlation function is a measure of the order in a system, as characterized by a mathematical correlation function. Correlation...

introduced the concept of statistical disorder and probability distributions into a new field of thermodynamics, called statistical mechanics, and found the link...

with quantum mechanics, gravitational singularities, and philosophical implications of cosmology are also investigated. Statistical mechanics: Relationship...

Relativistic mechanics (i.e. including the special and general theories of relativity), for bodies whose speed is close to the speed of light. Statistical mechanics...

physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution...

classical mechanics, such as: statics, dynamics, kinematics, continuum mechanics (which includes fluid mechanics), statistical mechanics, etc. Mechanics: A branch...

the statistical mechanics of black-body radiation led to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics, the effort to understand the statistical mechanics...

A list of notable textbooks in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, arranged by category and date. Fermi, Enrico (1956). Thermodynamics (New ed.)...

whether the universal or specific gas constant is being used. In statistical mechanics, the following molecular equation is derived from first principles...

the kelvin has been defined through particle kinetic theory, and statistical mechanics. In the International System of Units (SI), the magnitude of the...

Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the mechanics of fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) and the forces on them.: 3  It has applications...

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory that describes the behavior of nature at and below the scale of atoms.: 1.1  It is the foundation of all quantum...

fixed axis dynamics of systems of particles central forces and celestial mechanics three-dimensional particle dynamics Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism...

theory, Planck resorted to using the then-controversial theory of statistical mechanics, which he described as "an act of desperation". One of his new boundary...

formulations of thermodynamics emerged. Statistical thermodynamics, or statistical mechanics, concerns itself with statistical predictions of the collective motion...

as a measure of the statistical disorder of a system. Max Planck named the constant kB the Boltzmann constant. Statistical mechanics is one of the pillars...

have been extended to other areas of physics, such as statistical mechanics, continuum mechanics, classical field theory, and quantum field theory. Moreover...

or impossible. In statistical mechanics, entropy is formulated as a statistical property using probability theory. The statistical entropy perspective...

Tatjana Ehrenfest–Afanassjewa publish their classical review on the statistical mechanics of Boltzmann, Begriffliche Grundlagen der statistischen Auffassung...

used to represent initial beliefs about an uncertain parameter, in statistical mechanics the a priori probability is used to describe the initial state of...

Carlo in statistical physics refers to the application of the Monte Carlo method to problems in statistical physics, or statistical mechanics. The general...

In statistical mechanics and mathematics, a Boltzmann distribution (also called Gibbs distribution) is a probability distribution or probability measure...