文档介绍:StatisticalMechanics:TheoryandMolecularSimulationThispageintentionallyleftblankStatisticalMechanics:,NewYorkUniversityandCourantInstituteofMathematicalSciences,NewYork13GreatClarendonStreet,’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducationbypublishingworldwideinOxfordNewYorkAucklandCapeTownDaresSalaamHongKongKarachiKualaLumpurMadridMelbourneMexicoCityNairobiNewDelhiShanghaiTaipeiTorontoWithofficesinArgentinaAustriaBrazilChileCzechRepublicFranceGreeceGuatemalaHungaryItalyJapanPolandPortugalSingaporeSouthKoreaSwitzerlandThailandTurkeyUkraineVietnamOxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountriesPublishedintheUnitedStatesbyOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork(maker),storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermittedbylaw,,OxfordUniversityPress,attheaddressaboveYoumustnotcirculatethisbookinanyotherbindingorcoverandyoumustimposethesameconditiononanyacquirerBritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataDataavailableLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataDataavailableTypesetbySPIPublisherServices,Pondicherry,IndiaPrintedinGreatBritainonacid-freepaperbyCPIAntonyRowe,Chippenham,WiltshireISBN978–0–19–852526–4(Hbk.)**********Tomyparents,Jocelyn,andDelanceyPrefaceStatisticalmechanicsisatheoreticalframeworkthataimstopredicttheobservablestaticanddynamicpropertiesofamany-“many-body”systemsislarge:aslongasthereexistsarulegoverningthebehaviorofthefun-prisethesystem,themachiner