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EQUILIBRIUM STATISTICALS MECANICS [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Statistics
DEF

[A branch of statistical mechanics that is] based on the fundamental assumption that all possible configurations of a given system, which satisfy the given boundary conditions such as temperature, volume and number of particles, are equally likely to occur.

CONT

Equilibrium statistical mechanics provides the fundamental basis for the thermodynamics of a given system in terms of its Hamiltonian and the characteristics of its environment ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Statistique
CONT

L'objectif de la thermodynamique statistique est de relier la description microscopique [...] d'un système à sa description macroscopique [...]

Spanish

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