Thermodynamics and Equations of State for Matter: From Ideal Gas to Quark-Gluon Plasma - Hardcover

Vladimir Fortov

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814749192 ISBN 13: 9789814749190

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2016

Synopsis

The monograph presents a comparative analysis of different thermodynamic models of the equations of state. The basic ideological premises of the theoretical methods and the experiment are considered. The principal attention is on the description of states that are of greatest interest for the physics of high energy concentrations which are either already attained or can be reached in the near future in controlled terrestrial conditions, or are realized in astrophysical objects at different stages of their evolution. Ultra-extreme astrophysical and nuclear-physical applications are also analyzed where the thermodynamics of matter is affected substantially by relativism, high-power gravitational and magnetic fields, thermal radiation, transformation of nuclear particles, nucleon neutronization, and quark deconfinement.

The book is intended for a wide range of specialists engaged in the study of the equations of state of matter and high energy density physics, as well as for senior students and postgraduates.

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Review

This book gives a concise summary of the behavior of matter over a vast range of temperature and pressure, and is to be recommended for readers working in the fields of shock waves, laser-matter interaction, planetary physics, and astrophysics. --David A Young, Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

Fortov very nicely integrates historical remarks into the chapters. The book is not only highly recommended to specialists in these fields but also to students of physics; it is particularly suited for courses in plasma and high-energy density physics. --Professor Ronald Redmer, University of Rostock, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814749192
• ISBN 13: 9789814749190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 568