Statistical Physics A 1100-4SPA
I. Basic principles of statistical mechanics
1. Needs for statistical description
2. Elements of probability theory
3. Important example: Maxwell distribution
4. Ensembles in classical statistics
5. Ensembles in quantum statistics
II. Equilibrium ensembles
1. Concept of equilibrium
2. Micro-canonical ensemble
3. Important example: Classical ideal gas
4. Entropy
5. Temperature and pressure
6. Thermodynamic properties of classical ideal gas
7. Canonical ensemble
8. Grant canonical ensemble
III. Origin of thermodynamics
1. Thermodynamic potentials
2. Derivation of thermodynamic quantities
IV. Ideal quantum gases
1. The grand potential and distribution functions
2. Nearly degenerate Fermi gas
3. Bose-Einstein condensation
4. Phonons and specific heat of solids
5. Black body radiation
Kierunek podstawowy MISMaP
Tryb prowadzenia
Założenia (opisowo)
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
Student understands the statistical description of many-body systems, knows relationships between phenomenological quantities and their microscopic definitions, can solve selected problems of classical and quantum ideal gases.
Kryteria oceniania
written mid-term exam
written final exam
oral final exam
Praktyki zawodowe
none
Literatura
K. Huang, Statistical mechanics.
F. Schwabl, Statistical mechanics
R.H. Swendsen, An introduction to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
F. Mandl, Statistical physics
H.B. Callen, Thermodynamics
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