Overview
Description
Ensembles, fluctuations and statistical basis of laws of thermodynamics. Distribution functions with application to cooperative phenomena, partition functions and quantum statistics.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate a working knowledge of statistical basis of thermodynamics.
- demonstrate different statistical ensembles, their distribution functions, limits of applicability and the corresponding thermodynamic potentials.
- apply the knowledge of statistical ensembles and partition functions to describe ideal Bose and Fermi systems and associated phenomena.
- demonstrate awareness of the richness and complexity of statistical interpretation of interacting systems and phase transitions and of various approaches developed to explain them.