This syllabus is valid: 2007-09-03
and until further notice
Course code: 5FY076
Credit points: 4.5
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Physics: First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics
Contents
Basic statistical concepts. Micro-canonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles. The semi-classical approach to statistical thermodynamics. Entropy, chemical potential and diffusive equilibrium. Internal degrees of freedom. Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. The low and the high temperature limits. The Sommerfeld expansion. Black-body radiation and Bose-Einstein condensation. Chemical reactions and the law of mass action.
Required Knowledge
Thermodynamics, or equivalent. Quantum Mechanics 1, or equivalent.
Schroeder Daniel V. An introduction to thermal physics San Francisco : Addison Wesley : cop. 2000 : x, 422 s. : ISBN: 0-201-38027-7 Search the University Library catalogue
Compendiums distributed by the Department of Physics.
Schroeder Daniel V. An introduction to thermal physics San Francisco : Addison Wesley : cop. 2000 : x, 422 s. : ISBN: 0-201-38027-7 Search the University Library catalogue
