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Syllabus of the course: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics


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CodeΦ-405
TypeA
ECTS7
Hours6
SemesterWinter
InstructorK. Makris
ProgramMonday, 09:00-11:00, Room 3
Wednesday, 09:00-11:00,Room 3
Friday, 09:00-11:00, Room 3
Web pagehttps://eclass.physics.uoc.gr/courses/PH405/
Goal of the courseThis course is aimed at 3rd year undergraduate students. It is an introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics. The two branches complement each other with goal the most natural introduction of the various notions.
SyllabusEquation of state - 1st law - 2nd law of Thermodynamics – Carnot engines – thermodynamic potentials – Maxwell relations – canonical distribution – paramagnet – 2 level systems – harmonic oscillator – classical distribution – grand canonical ensemble – Fermi-Dirac statistics – Bose-Einstein statistics – fluctuation theory.
Bibliography“Thermodynamics” - E. Fermi
“Statistical Physics” - Landau and Lifshitz
“Statistical Machanics” - R. Kubo
“Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics” - F. Reif
“Statistical Mechanics” - R.K. Pathria.

University of Crete - Department of Physics  - Voutes University Campus - GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece
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