AEP 4230

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AEP 4230
Statistical Thermodynamics

Course information provided by the 2018-2019 Catalog.

Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state systems. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein statistics and applications. Introduction to systems of interacting particles. At the level of Introductory Statistical Mechanics by Bowley and Sanchez.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: junior level quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and mathematics at the level of AEP 3610, AEP 3550, AEP 4210, and AEP 4220.

When Offered Fall.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHYS 4230

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10638 AEP 4230   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10639 AEP 4230   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person