PH41023: Statistical Physics-I
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| Course name | Statistical Physics-I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Autumn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Basic concepts , ensemble-microcanonical ensemble and thermodynamic connection, two state system and Einstein model of vibrating lattice, canonical ensemble, density matrix, partition function, thermodynamic function and equilibrium, ideal gas-translational, vibrational and rotational motion, para- , orthohydrogen, equipartition of energy, negative temperature, grand canonical ensemble : ideal , Fermi and Bose gas (both weakly and strongly degenerate), statistics of photon and phonon gas , imperfect gases, Virial expansion and Van der Waal s equations of state, approximate method for free energy, phase transition in model systems, transport equation, Langevin , Fokker-Planck equation , linear response and correlation functions.
Concepts taught in class
Student Opinion
How to Crack the Paper
Classroom resources
Additional Resources
Time Table
| Day | 8:00-8:55 am | 9:00-9:55 am | 10:00-10:55 am | 11:00-11:55 am | 12:00-12:55 pm | 2:00-2:55 pm | 3:00-3:55 pm | 4:00-4:55 pm | 5:00-5:55 pm | |
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| Monday | NR224 | |||||||||
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| Wednesday | NR224 | NR224 | ||||||||
| Thursday | NR224 | |||||||||
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