PHYS 5420 - Statistical Mechanics II

Effective Date 08/01/2013
Discusses thermodynamics and kinetic theory, and the development of the microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles. Includes Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions, techniques for handling interacting many-particle systems, and extensive applications to physical problems. Prerequisite: PHYS 3310, PHYS 3650 and Instructor Permission.

Credits: 3
Grading Basis Graded