Ph 426 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Concepts of temperature, work, and heat; first and second laws of thermodynamics and applications; thermodynamic potentials; heat engines, Carnot cycle, and ideal gases; entropy and its statistical interpretation; kinetic theory of gases; classical and quantum statistics; introduction to statistical mechanical ensembles. Expected preparation:
Ph 203 or
Ph 213,
Mth 254, and
Ph 311.
Slash Listed Courses
Also offered for graduate-level credit as
Ph 526 and may be taken only once for credit.