Tentative list of topics
- Statistical states in Classical and Quantum Mechanics, definition of entropy
- Equilibrium ensembles and connection between Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
- Classical ideal gas and basic ideas of Statistical Mechanics
- Quantum ideal gases (Fermi and Bose gases)
- Real gases: internal structure, vibrational and rotational modes of molecules, interactions and virial expansion
- Gas of photons: black-body radiation
- Small oscillations in crystals: phonons
- Magnetism of an electron gas and a gas of atoms
- Models of ferromagnetism: Ising model
- Introduction to phase transitions
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Jeremy Green
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Prof. Dr. Agostino Patella
Semester: SoSe 2023