8.333 Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles, Fall 2007

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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.
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2007-12
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92525
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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8.333-Fall2007
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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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