Unit STATISTICAL MECHANICS
- Course
- Physics
- Study-unit Code
- GP005535
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- Fisica teorica
- Teacher
- Maria Cristina Diamantini
- Teachers
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- Maria Cristina Diamantini
- Hours
- 42 ore - Maria Cristina Diamantini
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2017/18
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- FIS/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Thermodynamics. Theory of phase transitions. Kinetic theory: perfect gas and real gas. Classical statistical mechanics. Black-body radiation and problems with classical statistical mechanics. Quantum statistical mechanics. Bose and Fermi gas.
- Reference texts
- 1)"Statitistical Mechanics" , K. Huang
2)"Statistical Physics", L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifsits
3)"Statistical mechanics", R. K. Pathria
4)"Statistical mechanics", R. Kubo - Educational objectives
- Acquisition of basic knowledge of classical and quantum statistics. Students should be able to compute the partition function for classical and quantum systems and derive the thermodynamic properties of these systems.
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of thermodynamics and quantum mechanic.
- Teaching methods
- Theory courses
- Other information
- None
- Learning verification modality
- Exercises sessions to verify the comprehension.
- Extended program
- Thermodynamics: First, second and third law. Entropy in Thermodynamics. Thermodynamic potentials.Theory of phase transitions. Kinetic theory. H theorem. Classical statistical mechanics. Micro canonical, canonical and grand-canonical ensembles. Black-body radiation and problems with classical statistical mechanics. Quantum statistical mechanics. Bose and Fermi gas.