Course RSS FeedsPHYS51500 (PHYS515) Spring 2013
Thermal and Statistical Physics
Offering:
Spring (starting in Spring 2011), Class 3, cr. 3
Prerequisites:
PHYS 310 and 344. Coreq. 360 and 330
Description:
Equilibrium states, the concept of heat, and the laws of thermodynamics; the existence and properties of the entropy and free energies; different thermodynamic potentials and their uses; phase diagrams and phase transitions; introduction to statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics; treatment of ideal gases.
Textbook(s) for Spring 2013
| Course | Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS515 | REQUIRED: Thermal Physics | Kittel & Kroemer | 2nd | 0716710889 | Freeman & Co. |
| PHYS515 | i>Clicker | Bedford/Freeman/Worth | |||
| PHYS515 | RECOMMENDED: Thermo-Dynamics | Enrico Fermi | June 1, 1956 | 0-486-60361-X | Dover Publications |
| PHYS515 | RECOMMENDED: Statistical Physics | Franz Mandl | 2nd; (May 12, 1988) | 978-0471915331 | Wiley |