AEP 4230 - Statistical Thermodynamics

Fall. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: introductory three-semester physics sequence, AEP 3610 , AEP 3550 , AEP 4210 and AEP 4220.

B. Kusse.

Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state systems. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein statistics and applications. Introduction to systems of interacting particles. At the level of Introductory Statistical Mechanics by Bowley and Sanchez.