PHYS 2541 - THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is the first term of a 2-term course with emphasis on statistical mechanics. Discussion of microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles, the passage to quantum mechanics, and the use of density matrix. The Gibbs approach to the second law. Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics, in both weak and strong degeneracy approximations. Transport phenomena including the fluctuation dissipation theorem and the master equation.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis
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