scholarly journals Statistical mechanics of black holes

1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 2334-2340 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Harms ◽  
Y. Leblanc
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Statistical Mechanics

Statistical mechanics of two-dimensional dilaton black holes

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 2719-2724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong-Gen Cai ◽  
Peter K. N. Yu ◽  
Ru-Keng Su
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dilaton Black Holes

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
David Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Quantum Cosmology ◽  
Philosophy Of Physics ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Philosophical Questions

This introductory chapter provides an overview of philosophy of physics, which is an interdisciplinary field sitting between physics proper, mainstream philosophy, and the general philosophy of science, and communicating ideas and insights between them. Philosophy of physics is mostly concerned not with physics as a whole but with particular areas within it. Given a field in physics, one can consider the conceptual—that is, philosophical—questions that arise in that field, and the problems in each sub-field are distinctive. The chapter briefly discusses many of these, including some in cutting-edge areas of physics like quantum cosmology, black holes, and string theory. But it notes that the bulk of work in philosophy of physics is concerned with three areas where the physics is reasonably well established: the philosophy of spacetime; the philosophy of statistical mechanics; and the philosophy of quantum mechanics.

Quantum statistical mechanics

2021 ◽  
pp. 179-216
Author(s):  
James P. Sethna
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Quantum Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Bose Condensation ◽  
Mixed States ◽  
Density Matrices ◽  
Materials Properties ◽  
Quantum Statistical

Quantum statistical mechanics governs metals, semiconductors, and neutron stars. Statistical mechanics spawned Planck’s invention of the quantum, and explains Bose condensation, superfluids, and superconductors. This chapter briefly describes these systems using mixed states, or more formally density matrices, and introducing the properties of bosons and fermions. We discuss in unusual detail how useful descriptions of metals and superfluids can be derived by ignoring the seemingly important interactions between their constituent electrons and atoms. Exercises explore how gregarious bosons lead to superfluids and lasers, how unsociable fermions explain transitions between white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, how one calculates materials properties in semiconductors, insulators, and metals, and how statistical mechanics can explain the collapse of the quantum wavefunction during measurement.

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