PHY1500H S GENERAL
Statistical Mechanics
Official description
- Brief review of thermodynamics
- Louville's theorem and statistical ensemble
- Basic assumptions of statistical mechanics
- Microcanonical ensemble
- Canonical ensemble
- Grand canonical ensemble
- Ideal Fermion system
- Ideal Boson system
- Interacting Particle System
- Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
B. Basics of statistical mechanics
Ensembles and probability distributions, Ergodic and mixing behavior
Entropy, definition and fundamental properties
Constraints and entropy maximum principle
Open systems, The canonical and grand canonical ensembles
Partition function and free energy, Illustrations
C. Survey of Thermodynamics
Statistical definitions of thermodynamic quantities
Statistical meaning of equilibrium, The Thermodynamic laws
Equations of state for gases
Perfect gases, including internal degrees of freedom
Imperfect gases, Phase and chemical equilibria
D. Application of statistical mechanical methods
Bose gas, Fermi gas, Photons, Phonons, Magnetism
- Textbook
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['Statistical Mechanics 3rd Edition', 'R.K. Pathria and P.D. Beale', 'Elsevier 2011']
- course title
- PHY1500H S GENERAL
- session
- winter
- group
- general course
- time and location
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Tuesdays 9 am - 10 am, Wednesdays 9 am - 10 am
- Course URL
- https://www.physics.utor…
- instructor