AEP 4230 - Statistical Thermodynamics

(crosslisted) PHYS 4230

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: junior level QM, E&M, and mathematics at the level of AEP 3610, AEP 3550, AEP 3200, and AEP 4200.

R. Buhrman.

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.