FYS-1377 Statistical Physics, 5 cr
Additional information
The implementation will not be executed during the academic year 2019-2020.
Person responsible
Lasse Laurson, Jouko Nieminen
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| FYS-1377 2019-01 | - |
Lasse Laurson Jouko Nieminen |
The total mark is determined by the pre-class assignments, activity in exercise classes and the final exam. |
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to construct the connection between fundamental laws of physics governing the microstate of a system and the thermodynamical quantities and laws describing the macroscopic world and practically infinite systems. In addition to conceptual understanding, the student can mathematically deal with classical and quantum mechanical problems at the macroscopic limit. Furthermore she/he can solve simple problems in statistical physics and interpret the results.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Boltzmann distribution and partition function. | Ideal gas and equipartition theorem. | |
| 2. | Gibbs distribution and chemical potential. | Black body radiation, lattice vibrations. | |
| 3. | Real gases, phase transitions. | ||
| 4. | Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions. |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Book | Concepts in Thermal Physics | Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell | Yes |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| FYS-1346 Thermal Physics | Advisable |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| FYS-1377 Statistical Physics, 5 cr |
FYS-1370 Statistical Physics, 3 cr + FYS-1376 Statistical Physics, 3 cr |