PHYS 515 - Thermal and Statistical Physics

Equilibrium states, the concept of heat, and the laws of thermodynamics; the existence and properties of the entropy; different thermodynamic potentials and their uses; phase diagrams; introduction to statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics; treatment of ideal gases.

Preparation for Course
P: 310, 330, and a course in differential equations or advanced calculus.

Cr. 3.
Dual Level Course
Dual Level, Undergraduate-Graduate