Physics 326 - Statistical Mechanics
Fall
2013
01
4.00
Spencer Smith;Spencer Smith
MW 01:15PM-02:30PM;F 01:15PM-02:05PM
Mount Holyoke College
84852
Kendade 203;Kendade 203
smiths@mtholyoke.edu;smiths@mtholyoke.edu
This course presents thermodynamic and statistical descriptions of many-particle systems. Topics include classical and quantum ideal gases with applications to paramagnetism; black-body radiation; Bose-Einstein condensation; and the Einstein and Debye solid; the specific heat of solids.
Prereq: Quantum Mechanical Phenomena (Physics 302/250) and Intro to Math Methods (Physics 303/200/205)