Statistical Physics

Statistical Physics PHYS

PHYS3503 Thermodynamics

3 hours One requisite

1 Statistical thermodynamics / Introduction / Energy States and energy levels / Macro states and microstates / Thermodynamic probability / The Bose-Einstein statistics / The Fermi-Dirac statistics / The Maxwell Boltzmann statistics / The statistical interpretation of entropy / The Bose-Einstein distribution function / The Fermi-Dirac distribution functions / The classical distribution function / comparison of distribution functions for indistinguishable particles / The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function / The partition function / Thermodynamic properties of a system

2 Applications of statistics to gases / The monatomic ideal gas, / The distribution of molecular velocities / Experimental verification of the Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution- Molecular beams / Ideal gas in a gravitational field / The principle of equipartition of energy / The quantized linear oscillator / Specific heat capacity of a diatomic gas

3 Applications of quantum statistics to other systems / The Einstein theory of the specific heat capacity of a solid / The Debye theory of the specific heat capacity of a solid / Black body radiation, / Para-magnetism / Negative temperatures / The electron gas

1.1 Mapped to: K1

Define basic principles in statistical thermodynamics

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