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PHY 418: Statistical Mechanics I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Spring 2007

April

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1 2 3

lecture canceled

4 5

lecture 20

ideal quantum gases, classical limit

6

lecture 21

Sommerfeld model of electrons in a metal

make-up lecture, 11-12 BL 208

7
8 9 10

lecture canceled

11 12

lecture 22

Pauli paramagnetism

HW 5 due

13 14
15 16 17

lecture 23

ideal boson gas, Bose-Einstein condensation

18 19

lecture 24

BEC in laser cooled atomic gases, classical spin models

20

lecture 25

Ising model, phase transitions and phase diagram

make-up lecture, 11-12 BL 208

21
22 23 24

lecture 26

mean field approximation for the Ising model

25 26

lecture 27

critical exponents, Maxwell construction, Landau theory

HW 6 due

27 28
29 30