8.333 Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles, Fall 2005

Kardar, Mehran

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Kardar, Mehran

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Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles

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Abstract

Statistical Mechanics is a probabilistic approach to equilibrium properties of large numbers of degrees of freedom. In this two-semester course, basic principles are examined. Topics include: thermodynamics, probability theory, kinetic theory, classical statistical mechanics, interacting systems, quantum statistical mechanics, and identical particles.

Date issued

2005-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45582

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

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8.333-Fall2005

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local: IMSCP-MD5-52b6142c8ccf8ed1f2fbd9399f614d78

Keywords

Thermodynamics, entropy. mehanics, microcanonical distributions, canonical distributions, grand canonical distributions; lattice vibrations, ideal gas, photon gas., quantum statistical mechanics; Fermi systems, Bose systems, cluster expansions, van der Waal's gas, mean-field theory.

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