The class will meet M 10:30 am - 12:20 pm and WF 10:30 - 11:20 am in PAA A114
Textbook: E.M. Lifshitz and L.D. Landau, Statistical
Physics, 3rd edition, Pergamon Press
We shall try to cover:
Chapter I The fundamental
principles of statistical physics
Chapter II Thermodynamics quantities
Chapter III Gibbs distribution
Chapter IV Ideal gases
Chapter V The Fermi and Bose distributions
Chapter VI Solids
Chpater VII Non-ideal gases
Chpater VIII Phase equilibria (if time permits)
Chapter XI Properties of matter at very high
density
Chapter XII Fluctuations (if time permits)
Homework:
1) Problems 5-9 from chapter 1, Kubo, Statisitical
Mechanics
2) Problems from chapter III in L&L, due 01/27
3) I suggest the following
problems: 39-1, 39-2, 39-3, 39-4 42-1, 42-2, 42-3
, 43-1 through 17,
50-1, 51-1, 52-1 through 4 in chapter
IV in L&L.
You have to work through at least 15 problems in chapter IV, due 02/10
4) The problems in chapters V
and VII, due 03/06.