The book “Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics” is an introductory text for undergraduate students of physics. The book contains seven chapters and each chapter is provided with objective type questions, solved examples and exercises. The book covers the syllabus prescribed by UGC for the paper Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics as well as for the syllabus of many Indian universities.
The text has been presented in a simple manner that helps student to grasp the subject matter easily. The students will find a fair amount of detail in the examples and derivation given in the text. The book deals with the Thermodynamics processes, Thermodynamic laws, Entropy, Thermodynamic potentials, Joule- Thomson Effect, Phase Transitions, Black body radiation and different laws of radiation, Kinetic theory of gases, Transport phenomenon, Maxwell Boltzmann velocity distribution, Microstates and Macro states, various kinds of Ensembles, Entropy in statistical mechanics, Maxwell- Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics, electron gas, and photon gas are also discussed.
Dr. Vimal Kumar Jain, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1977. He is former Professor and Head of Physics Department at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. He was a professor of Applied Science in P.D.M.College of Engineering, Bahadurgarh, Professor and Head of ECE Department, Vidya College of Engineering, Meerut and was Professor of Physics, IIMT Engineering College Meerut. He was a Visiting Professor at Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is working in the field of electron paramagnetic resonance and published four review articles and more than hundred research papers in National and International Journals. He supervised the research work of several M.Phil. and Ph.D. students and worked on various sponsored research projects. He has authored books on Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Classical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics, Solid state Physics and Laser Systems and Applications, Nuclear and Particle physics.
1. Basic Concepts and Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
2. First Law of Thermodynamics
3. Second Law of Thermodynamics
4. Thermodynamic Potentials
5. Kinetic Theory of Gases
6. Theory of Radiation
7. Statistical Mechanics