Statistical Physics for the Minor

This course will not be taught this year. This course has been replaced by TN2627. There will still be two exams for TN2625.

In previous years, the course consists of 12 lectures and 12 tutorials. The course will last for four weeks.

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Week 1 :
1a Structure of the course, First law of thermodynamics and the Equipartition Theorem
1b Multiplicity, The Einstein Solid, Entropy
1c Temperature, Ideal Gases

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Week 2 :
2a Heat capacity, phase transitions, mechanically interacting ideal gases, chemical potential
2b Free energy, Thermodynamic potentials
2c Dilute system, Chemical equilibrium & Summary of Chap 1,2,3,5

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Week 3 :
3a The Boltzmann Distribution: introduction, the Two State Paramagnet, the Einstein solids &The Partition Function
3b Equipartition theorem, Ideal Gases and Composite systems
3c Quantum Statistics, Gibbs factor

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Week 4 :
4a Bosons-Fermions statistics, Fermi gas
4b Ising models and Hopfield memories
4c Applications: Blackbody radiation, Cold atomic gases;  Revision