PHYS 506 STATISTICAL MECHANICS (MSc)

Review of probability theory. Review of classical equilibrium thermodynamics. The microcanonical ensemble, the canonical ensemble, the grand-canonical ensemble.The Boltzmann distribution. Classical Ideal gas. Curie paramagnetism. Bose-Einstein distribution. Bose ideal gas. The photon gas. Fermi-Dirac distribution. The non-relativistic ideal Fermi gas. The relativistic ideal Fermi gas. Systems of interacting particles. Cluster expansion. The Boltzmann equation