Ph 526 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Concepts of temperature, work, and heat; first and second laws of thermodynamics and applications; thermodynamic potentials; heat engines, Carnot cycle, and ideal gases; entropy and its statistical interpretation; kinetic theory of gases; classical and quantum statistics; introduction to statistical mechanical ensembles.
Slash Listed Courses
Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as
Ph 426 and may be taken only once for credit.