Contents

Tables

1. Foundations

   • Introduction
   • Ensembles in Statistical Mechanics
   • Analogy Between Fluids and Magnetic Systems
   • Fluctuations
   • Phase Transitions

2. Classical Models

   • Real Gases
   • Ising Model
   • Potts and Related Models
   • Two-dimensional xy Model
   • Spin Glasses

3. Quantum Models

   • Quantum Statistics
   • Bose Systems
   • Liquid He-4

4. Methods of Statistical Mechanics I

   • Mean-Field Theories
   • Monte Carlo Simulations

5. Methods of Statistical Mechanics II

   • The Renormalization-Group Methods
   • Momentum-Space Renormalization Group

Appendices

• Further Reading
• Distribution Functions
• Maxwell Relations
• Magnetic Systems