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

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

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

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

Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, mēkhanikḗ, lit. "of machines") is the area of physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

classical mechanics, electromagnetism, wave phenomena and optics, thermal physics, relativity, atomic and nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, laboratory...

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

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...

Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics, published in March 1902, is a work of scientific literature by Josiah Willard Gibbs which is considered...

This is a list of notable textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics arranged according to level and surnames of the authors in alphabetical...

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

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...

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...

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...

fields of physics: statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics. In this analogy, inverse temperature plays a role in statistical mechanics formally akin to...

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

(heat) entropy on the microscopic level are found in statistical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. For most of the 20th century, textbooks tended to...