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FA 2011
Physics
PHYSICS 510 - Statistical Physics I
Section 001
Credits: 3
Requirements & Distribution: BS
Waitlist Capacity: 10
Advisory Prerequisites: PHYSICS 406 and Graduate standing.
BS: This course counts toward the 60 credits of math/science required for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor: Sander,Leonard M

 
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Review of thermodynamics, statistical bases of second law, entropy and irreversibility, equipartition, the Gibbs paradox. Quantum statistics, ideal Fermi gas, ideal Bose gas, Bose-Einstein condensation, phase equilibrium, phase transitions, fluctuations and transport theory.
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ISBN: 0123821886 Statistical mechanics., Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann 3rd ed.
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ISBN: 0691137447 Statistical and thermal physics : with computer applications, Author: Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik., Publisher: Princeton University Press 2010
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