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INTRODUCTION TO RELATIVISTIC STATISTICAL
MECHANICS
Classical and Quantum
by Rémi Hakim (Paris-Meudon Observatory, France)
568pp
978-981-4322-43-0: US$82 / £51 US$57.40
/ £35.70
This is one of the very few books focusing on relativistic
statistical mechanics, and is written by a leading expert in this
special field. It started from the notion of relativistic kinetic
theory, half a century ago, exploding into relativistic statistical
mechanics. This will interest specialists of various fields, especially
the (classical and quantum) plasma physics. However, quantum physics —
to which a major part is devoted — will be of more interest since, not
only it applies to quantum plasma physics, but also to nuclear matter
and to strong magnetic field, cosmology, etc. Although the domain of
gauge theory is not covered in this book, the topic is not completely
forgotten, in particular in the domain of plasma physics. This book is
particularly readable for graduate students and a fortiori to young
researchers for whom it offers methods and also appropriate schemes to
deal with the current problems encountered in astrophysics, in strong
magnetic, in nuclear or even in high energy physics.
Contents:
- The One-Particle Relativistic Distribution
Function
- Relativistic Kinetic Theory and the
BGK-Equation
- Relativistic Plasmas
- Curved Space-Time and Cosmology
- Relativistic Statistical Mechanics
- Relativistic Stochastic Processes and Related
Questions
- The Density Operator
- The Covariant Wigner Function
- Fermions Interacting via a Scalar Field: A
Simple Example
- Covariant Kinetic Equations in the Quantum
Domain
- Application to Nuclear Matter
- Strong Magnetic Fields
- Statistical Mechanics of Relativistic
Quasiparticles
- The Relativistic Fermi Liquid
- The QED Plasmas
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