Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:2, Tt:2, Lb:0]
- Review of thermodynamics. Equation of state, equilibrium and
stability, Van der Waal gas, phase transitions, Laws of
thermodynamics. Carnot engine, heat pump. Disorder and Entropy. Phase
space. Probability density and functions of a random variable,
Liouville Theorem.
- Microcanonical ensemble, Boltzmann probability. Canonical ensemble,
partition function, Monoatomic ideal gas, virial theorem, energy
fluctuations, collection of harmonic oscillators, statistics of
paramagnetism, polyatomic gas. Grand canonical ensemble, density and
energy fluctuations. Density matrix formalism. Examples.
- Quantum statistics. Indistinguishable particles, symmetric vs
anti-symmetric wave function. Ideal Bose gas and ideal Fermi gas in
quantum ensembles and thermodynamic properties, Blackbody radiation.
Bose-Einstein condensation. Specific heat of solids. Pauli
paramagnetism. Introduction to Phase transitions.
- R. K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics, 02nd edition,
Butterworth-Heinemann (1996).
- K. Huang, Statistical Mechanics, 02nd edition, Wiley (1987).
- L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Course in Theoretical Physics Vol.
5, 03rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann (1984).
