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PHYS
511
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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Prerequisites: PHYS 311 or CHEM 400 or equivalent. Offered in spring.
The laws and applications of thermodynamics; Boltzmann transport equation and transport phenomena; classical statistical mechanics, canonical and grand canonical ensembles; quantum statistical mechanics; ideal Fermi and Bose gases; cluster expan
sions; phase transitions and critical phenomena.