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Lecture notes (small format, 3.1 Mb)
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Problem Sets 1-10
List of Problems to solve
Readings are from from the following main texts:
1. Daniel V. Schroeder, An introduction to thermal physics [Schroeder].
2. Charles Kittel and Herbert Kroemer, Thermal Physics [Kittel]
Advanced texts for quantum geeks:
1. Kerson Huang, Statistical Mechanics (Wiley, 1963).
2. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshits, Quantum mechanics, 3rd edition (Pegamon, 1980) [LL-QM].
3. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshits, Statistical Physics, 3rd edition (Pegamon, 1980).
| Week 1 |
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27 July |
Lecture 1:Introduction; An overview of Thermal Physics.
[Schroeder, pp. 1-20] |
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Lecture 2: Multiplicity; States of model systems.
[Schroeder, pp. 49-66, 68-74*] or [Kittel, pp. 5-26] |
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Lecture 2: States of model systems.
[Schroeder, pp. 49-66, 68-74*] or [Kittel, pp. 5-26] |
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Problem Set 1 |
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| Week 2 |
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3 Aug |
Lecture 3: Micro-canonical ensemble; Fundamental assumption.
[Schroeder, pp. 56-59, 74-94] or [Kittel, pp. 29-45] |
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Lecture 4:Entropy; Temperature.
[Schroeder, pp. 74-94] or [Kittel, pp. 29-45] |
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Problem Set 2 |
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| Week 3 |
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10 Aug |
Lecture 5: Laws of thermodynamics.
[Kittel, pp. 45-52] or [Schroeder 17-20, 74-94] |
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Lecture 6: Canonical ensemble; Boltzmann Factor; Partition Function.
[Schroeder, pp. 220-229] or [Kittel, pp. 58-64]
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Problem set 3 |
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| Week 4 |
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17 Aug |
Lecture 7: Canonical ensemble (cont.); Free energy.
[Schroeder, pp. 108-114, 149-152, 156-164] or [Kittel, pp. 64-72]
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Lecture 8: Ideal gas: a first look; Equipartition Theorem.
[Schroeder, pp. 229-255] or [Kittel, pp. 72-81]
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Problem set 4 |
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Week 5
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24 Aug |
Lecture 9: Grand-canonical ensemble; Chemical potential.
[Schroeder, pp. 115-121, 257-261] or [Kittel, pp. 117-122, 131-140] |
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Lecture 10: Identity of particles in Quantum Mechanics; Bosons and Fermions; Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions.
[Schroeder, pp. 262-271,379-380] or [Kittel, pp. 151-161] |
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Problem set 5 |
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Week 6
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31 Aug |
Revision
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Mid Semester Test 1 |
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Week 7
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| Mon |
7 Sep |
Lecture 11: Quantum and classical regimes of an ideal gas; Grand canonical description of the ideal gas.
[Schroeder, pp. 262-271,379-380] and [Kittel, pp. 160-166] |
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Lecture 12: Spin quantum number; Quantum states and quantum density of states.
[Schroeder, pp. 262-271,279-282] or [Kittel, pp. 181-188]
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Problem Set 6 |
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Week 8
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14 Sep |
Lecture 13: Fermi gases.
[Schroeder, pp.271-282] or [Kittel, pp. 183-189]
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Lecture 14: Fermi gases (cont.).
[Schroeder, pp.282-288] or [Kittel, pp. 189-199] |
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Problem Set 7 |
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Week 9
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21 Sep |
Lecture 15: Bose gases.
[Schroeder, pp.315-326] or [Kittel, pp. 199-206] |
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Lecture 16: Bose gases (cont.).
[Schroeder, pp.315-326] or [Kitel, pp. 202-210] |
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Problem set 8 |
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| Week 10 |
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28 Sep |
Mid Semester Break |
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| Week 11 |
| Mon |
5 Oct |
Lecture 17: Planck distribution; Black-body radiation.
[Schroeder, pp.288-292] or [Kittel, pp. 89-94]
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Lecture 18: Black-body radiation (cont.).
[Schroeder, pp. 292-306] or [Kittel, pp. 94-98] |
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Problem set 9 |
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| Week 12 |
| Mon |
12 Oct |
Lecture 19: Debye model of a solid.
[Schroeder, pp. 307-314] and [Kittel, pp. 102-110]
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Lecture 20: The Ising model of a ferromagnet.
[Schroeder, pp. 339-346]
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Problem set 10 |
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| Week 13 |
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19 Oct |
Mid Semester Test 2
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| Week 14 |
| Mon |
26 Oct |
Revision. |
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| Exam Period Starts |
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7 Nov |
Final (School) Exam |
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