TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLAN I LULEÅ
Avd. för Fysik
Hans Weber

Literature: Charles Kittel and Herbert Kroemer, Thermal Physics, Freeman 1980, and material handed out during the course.
Teacher and examiner: Hans Weber, phone. 492088, room E 111
Examination: Written exam (4p) and one large project on Monte Carlo methods to be presented as a poster (1p).
Prerequisite:Quantum Physics (MTF067 or MTF107) or Quantum Physics for EEIGM (MTF057).
Related literature:

This text is available at: http://www.mt.luth.se/~weber/kurs/statmek/kursprog.html

Lecture.		Contents	Problems
1		States of a model system	-
2		Entropy and Temperature, 29 - 42, 42 - 51, 58 - 68	2.1,2,3
3 - 4	self	Boltzmann distribution and Helmholtz free energy, 68 - 80	3.1,2,3,4,8,11
5		Monte Carlo simulations, and computer simulations in Statistical mechanics + handout	-
6		Thermal Radiation and Planck Distribution, Chapter 4 (not electrical noise)	4.1,2,4,5,11
7		Chemical Potential and Gibbs distribution, Chapter 5	5. 3,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14
8	self	Ideal Gas, Chapter 6	6. 1,2,3,6,10,12,15
9	self	Gibbs Free energy and Chemical reactions, Chapter 9	9. 1,2,3
10 - 12		Phase Transformations, Chapter 10 + handout	10. 1,3,6,7,8
13 - 14		Fermi and Bose gases, Chapter 7	7. 1,2,3,7,8,9
15		Binary Mixtures, Chapter 11	11. 2
16		Kinetic Theory, Chapter 14 (except 413 - 418)	14. 1,2,3,4
17		Poster session in physics corridor and course evaluation.	-

Last edited 2004-11-01 by Hans Weber or e-mail