PHYS 321 Thermal and Statistical Physics
Introduction to the principles of thermodynamics and statistical physics. Topics include: probability theory, statistical description of systems of particles, kinetic theory, thermodynamic laws, entropy, microcanonical and canonical ensembles, distribution functions, ideal and real gases, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Applications include the specific heat of solids, black body radiation; non-interacting Bose and Fermi gases; mean field theories for real gases; magnetism; phase transitions; propagation of heat and sound and critical phenomena.
Corequisite
PHSY 321L
Offered
Irregularly