Chapter 1: Microscopic Description of a Macroscopic System. Chapter 2: Microcanonical Statistical Ensemble. Chapter 3: Statistical Thermodynamics. Chapter 4: Canonical and Grand Canonical Statistical Ensembles. Chapter 5: Simple Classical Fluids. Chapter 6: Quantum Statistical Physics. Chapter 7: Bosons. Chapter 8: Fermions. Chapter 9: Phase Transition - Mean Field Theories. Chapter 10: Phase Transition - Spatial Variations of the Order Parameter. Chapter 11: Phase Transitions - Validity of the Mean Field Theory - Scaling Laws. Chapter 12: Percolation. Chapter 13: Dynamics of Phase Transitions. Chapter 14: Bose-Einstein Condensates of Weakly Interacting Dilute Gases. Appendix A: Mathematical Complements. Index.
Biography
Nicolas Sator is Associate Professor at Sorbonne University, Paris, France. He is a member of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter (LPTMC) and his research focuses on the physics of liquids.
Nicolas Pavloff is Professor at Paris-Saclay University, France. He is a member of Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS) and his domain of research is quantum fluid theory.
Lénaïc Couëdel is Professor at the University of Sasktchewan, Saskatoon, Canada and researcher at CNRS, France. His research area is plasma physics with a focus on complex plasma crystals.
