PHYS 552 - STATISTICAL MECHANICS
and MSN 509 - STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS |
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Semester: | Spring 2009 | |||
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Instructor: | Cemal Yalabik | |||
Office: | Room SA-228 | |||
Office Hours: | Tuesdays | 15:40 - 16:30 | Room SA-228 | |
All other times | (if available - call 1316 to check) | Room EA-G11 | ||
Assistant: | Basak Renklioglu | Office: SA-203 | ||
Homework: | Policy | Assignments | ||
Exams & Grading: | (You can prepare notes on a single sheet of paper to bring to the exam.) | |||
First Exam | 25% | 8:40, March 25 | SA-Z03 | |
Second Exam | 25% | 10:40, April 24 | SA-Z03 | |
Final Exam | 35% | 15:30, May 25 | SA-Z04 | |
Homework | 15% | |||
Course Schedule: | ||||
Wednesday | 9:40 - 10:30 | Room SA-Z03 | ||
Friday | 10:40 - 12:30 | Room SA-Z03 | ||
Textbook: | ||||
Statistical Mechanics by K. Huang |
Homework for this week: There will be weekly homework assignments in this course. Homework is due on the Tuesday of the following week at 10:45, in class, before class starts.
You can view your grades through the Stars system. You are also encouraged to discuss course related matters in the "student-forum" for this course at the same address.
Week | Subject | Exam | Distribution functions and their transformations Non-equilibrium processes Basic thermodynamics, the concept of entropy Boltzmann transport equation The H-function Introductory transport theory Exam, Introduction to classical statistical mechanics#1 | Classical statistical mechanics - the ensembles The partition function Quantum statistical mechanics: the partition function Review and Second Exam#2 The Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions The Ising model The Ising model and phase transitions |
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