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

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  1

lecture 5

response functions and stability

extra
heat engines and Carnot cycle

2

lecture 6

kinetic theory, Maxwell distribution, ensembles, ergodic hypothesis

make-up lecture 11-12, BL 208

3
4 5 6

lecture 7

Liouville's theorem, microcanonical ensemble, density of states, entropy

7 8

lecture 8

Gibbs paradox, indistinguishable particles, Sackur-Tetrode equation

HW 1 due

9 10
11 12 13

lecture 9

canonical ensemble, energy fluctuations, equivalence of canonical and microcanonical ensembles

14 15

lecture 10

factorization of partition function for non-interacting particles, ideal gas

16

lecture 11

virial and equipartition theorems, law of Dulong and Petit, Curie law of paramagnetism

make-up lecture 11-12, BL 208

17
18 19 20

lecture 12

entropy and information theory

21 22

lecture canceled

HW 2 due

23 24
25 26 27

lecture 13

grand canonical ensemble, fluctuations

28

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