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| Dates | Target Subject matter | Text chapters | Remarks |
| 1/14
1/19 |
Thermodynamics Review;
Basics of Probability, Large Numbers |
Class notes | |
| 1/21
1/26 |
Random walks,
Brownian motion Basic concepts of stat mech; How to count states. |
Class notes
K&K Chapter 1 |
Assignment 1 due |
| 1/28
2/2 |
Thermal equilibrium, temperature,
and entropy. Boltzmann dist., Partition func., Thermodynamic quantities. |
K&K Chapter 2
K&K Chapter 3 |
Assignment 2 due |
| 2/4
2/9 |
First look at ideal gas.
Thermal radiation; Greenhouse effect; |
K&K Chapter 3 ctd.
K&K Chapter 4 |
Assignment 3 due |
| 2/11
2/16 |
Chemical potential
Gibbs dist. Classical ideal gas. |
K&K Chapter 5
K&K Chapter 6 |
Assignment 4 due |
| 2/18
2/23 |
Review
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Assignment 5 due
Exam Due on 2/23 |
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| 2/25
3/2 |
Fermi and Bose statistics.
Ideal gases and classical limit. |
K&K Chapter 7
K&K Chapter 7 ctd. |
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| 3/4
3/9 |
Nearly degenerate Fermi gas;
Electrons in metals. Bose gas; Bose-Einstein condensation. |
K&K Chapter 7 ctd.
K&K Chapter 7 ctd. |
Assignment 6 due |
| 3/11 | Heat and work;
Reversible processes and Carnot limits. |
K&K Chapter 8. | Assignment 7 due |
| 3/13--3/21 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 3/23 | Carnot and Rankine cycles.
p-V and T-S diagrams. |
K&K Chapter 8 ctd,
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| 3/25
3/30 |
Rankine cycle efficiency;
Expansion engine cooling. Van der Waals gas; Joule Thomson effect. |
K&K Chapter 12
Handout on steam tables. |
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| 4/1
4/6 |
Review
Phase Transitions |
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Assignment 8 due
Exam Due on 4/6 |
| 4/8
4/13 |
Ising Model;
Landau theory |
K&K Chapter 10
Handout |
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| 4/15
4/20 |
Kinetic theory.
Transport. |
K&K Chapter 14 | Assignment 9 due |
| 4/22
4/27 |
Semiconductors.
| K&K Chapter 13 |
Assignment 10 due |
| 5/? | Final Exam | ||