This book gives a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the theory of "simple" liquids. The new second edition has been rearranged and considerably expanded to give a balanced account both of basic theory and of the advances of the past decade. It presents the main ideas of modern liquid state theory in a way that is both pedagogical and self-contained. The book should be accessible to graduate students and research workers, both experimentalists and theorists, who have a good background in elementary mechanics. - Compares theoretical deductions with experimental results - Molecular dynamics - Monte Carlo computations - Covers ionic, metallic, and molecular liquids
Inhalt
Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Distribution Functions
Computer "Experiments" on Liquids
Diagrammatic Expansions
Distribution Function Theories
Perturbation Theories
Time-dependent Correlation Functions and Response Functions
Hydrodynamics And Transport Coefficients
Microscopic Theories of Time-Correlation Functions
Ionic Liquids
Simple Liquid Metals
Molecular Liquids