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Revision as of 02:09, 4 November 2007

Inhalt / topics

  • Review of thermodynamics and elementary statistical mechanics
  • thermal radiation and Planck distribution
  • Gibbs free energy and chemical reactions
  • theory of phase transitions
  • Bosonic and Fermionic statistics
  • lattice gases
  • Van der Waals Gas, virial expansion
  • various statistical ensembles

Vorkenntnisse / previous knowledge

  • classical mechanics
  • thermodynamics

Studiennachweis / record of study

  • Regelmäßige Teilnahme an Übung, plus erledigen der Übungsaufgaben
  • regular participation during the exercise course, plus solving the exercises

Unterrichtssprache / language of instruction

Englisch / english

Zielgruppe / audience

  • Diese Vorlesung richtet sich an die Teilnehmer des Masterstudienganges "Computational Science", aber auch interessierte Studenten der angeschlossenen Fachbereiche in anderen MS Programmen.
  • The lecture is aimed at the participants of the master study course "computational science". Nevertheless students of other university departements are welcome too.

Angestrebte Zeiten / aimed appointment

  • Lecture: Tu: 10:45 - 12:15 FIAS building 101
  • Exercises: Tu: 12:30 - 14:00 FIAS building 200

Recommended literature

  • Thermal Physics, Charles Kittel/Herbert Kroemer, Freeman, NY

Lecture

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16.10 problems_1.pdf (file does not exist!) 23.10. Overview: States of a model system, law of large numbers application_pdf.pngLecture 1.pdf (3.93 MB)Info circle.png
30.10. Entropy, Temperature, the most probable state, fundamental laws of Thermodynamics. application_pdf.pngLecture2.pdf (3.19 MB)Info circle.png.problems_2.pdf (file does not exist!)
06.11.problems_3.pdf (file does not exist!)
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