Prof. Luca Amendola
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Winter Semester 2023/24
Outline of the course:- Concepts of Thermodynamics
- Concepts of Statistics
- Microstates
- Statistical definition of Entropy
- Microcanonical ensemble
- Canonical ensemble
- Paramagnetism
- Virial theorem and equipartition theorem
- Macrocanonical ensemble
- Density operator
- Ideal quantum systems
- Ideal Bose gas
- Ideal Fermi Gas
- Phase transitions
More detailed program
NOTE: Course begins on October 17th, 2023. Classes on Tuesday and Thursday 11:15-13:00 INF 308/HS 2.
The exercise classes will begin the week Oct. 23-27. Obertutor: Moritz Drescher . Exercise sheets will be posted every Monday online here . Two students can work together and hand in a single copy of the sheets. You should send them via email to your tutor within one week (so by the subsequent Monday), adding your name, the tutor group, and the name of the tutor.
First exam: Feb. 15, 9am-1pm, INF 308 HS1 & HS2 and INF 227 HS2
Second exam: Apr. 15, 9am-1pm, Philosophenweg 12 gHS
You can attend the second exam only if a) you did not show up or did not hand in the exam sheet at the first exam; or b) you failed the first exam.
For both exam sessions, you can bring an A4 page with formulae on both sides and a pocket calculator without internet or any other form of connection. Cellphones have to be in flight mode. You cannot bring in the exam room laptops, tablets or other devices that can connect to the internet or make calls. Please also bring your personal ID.
The course covered the entire script except for sections 5.5 and 5.7.
CREDITS: 8
Suggested texts:
Lecture Notes
(please send me comments/typos etc)
Mathematica simulation of coin tossing
Greiner, Neise, Stoecker, Thermodynamics
and Statistical Mechanics, Springer (recommended)
Pahtria, Statistical Mechanics, Elsevier (a well-known, more advanced text)
Schwabl, Statistical Mechanics, Springer (very complete, includes several advanced topics)
U. Schwarz, Lecture notes, (clear and complete lecture notes)
Y-K Lim, Problems and solutions on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, World Scientific
(a huge list of problems and solutions)
Other useful texts:
Chandler, Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics (clear and concise); J. P. Sathna
Entropy,
Order Parameters,
and Complexity. (an original, pedagogical text, especially useful on fundamental issues);
J. Uffink,
Compendium
of the foundations of classical statistical physics. (a historical perspective on fundamental issues)