PHY 4510 Statistical Mechanics

The laws of thermodynamics. Entropy. Equations of state. Phase transitions. Thermodynamic potentials. The Third Law. Distribution functions. Theory of ensembles. Statistical formulation of temperature. Quantum and classical ideal gasses. Electronic conductance. Bose-Einstein statistics: phonons, Plancks Law, Bose condensation. Previously offered as PHY 1510.

Credits

3