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Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

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 expansions; phase transitions and critical phenomena.
 

3 cr.

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Table of Contents

General Information

Undergraduate Studies

Graduate Studies

• Admissions
• Academic Regulation
• Student Finances
• General Academic Requirements
• Fields of Graduate Study:
  Academic Degrees & Course Listings
• Language Institutes
• Summer Session

Research

Continuing Education & Training Programs

Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

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 expansions; phase transitions and critical phenomena.
 

3 cr.