Statistical Mechanics (WS 2008/2009)
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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 mit einem finalen Ergebnis von mindestens 60 Punkten aus den Übungaufgaben und den kurzen Fragebögen aus der Übung ( entspricht 50 % der Gesamtpunktzahl )
- regular participation during the exercise course, plus solving the exercises getting a final result of at least 60 points from the exercises and the short exams in class ( corresponds the 50 % of the available points )
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: 13:00 - 15:00 FIAS building 100
- Exercises: Tu: 15:00 - 17:00 FIAS building 100
- 11.11.08 : Physics building 2.100
Recommended literature
- Thermal Physics, Charles Kittel/Herbert Kroemer, Freeman, NY
Lecture
| Date | Subject |
|---|---|
| 14.10. | The big picture and Intro to Probability
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| 21.10. | Overview: States of a model system, law of large numbers
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| 28.10. | Entropy, Temperature, the most probable state, fundamental laws of Thermodynamics.
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| 04.11. | The Boltzmann Distribution, Partition function, and Helmholtz free energy
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| 11.11. | Pressure, differential relations |
| 18.11. | The ideal gas
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| 25.11. | Thermal Radiation and Planck distribution
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| 02.12. | Chemical Potential and Gibbs Distribution |
| 09.12. | Chemical Reactions |
| 16.12. | Bosons and Fermions |
| 13.01. | Classical thermodynamics |
| 20.01. | General description of phase transitions, Part 1 |
| 27.01. | VdW gas, theory of phase transitions Part 2, nucleation theory |
| 03.02. | Landau theory |
| 10.02. |
Tutorial
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