Cumulative Lecture Notes in pdf

p 1-102

01-24-2006/L1, Multiplicity Function, Distribution of States

[1a] [1] [2] [3]

01-26-2006/L2, Microcanonical Ensemble, Thermal Equilibrium, Entropy, Temperature, Laws of Thermodynamics

[4a] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

01-31-2006/L3, Laws of Thermodynamics, Boltzmann Factor, Partition Function,

[9a] [9] [10] [11] [12]

02-2-2006/L4, Pressure, Theormodynamic Relations, Reversible Processes, Helmholtz Free Energy

[12a] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

02-7-2006/L5, Partition function and free energy, Ideal gas, Sackur-tetrode relation.

[18] [19] [20] [21]

02-9-2006/L6, Mixing Entropy, Planck Distribution, Stefan-Boltzmann Law, Photon Gas

[22] [23] [24] [25]

02-14-2006/L7, Entropy of Photon Gas, Debije Theory, Counting Modes

[26] [27] [28] [28a] [28b] [29]

02-16-2006/L8, Chemical Potential, Chemical Equilibrium

[30] [31] [32] [33] [34]

02-21-2006/L9, Gibbs Free Energy, Grand Canonical Partition Function

[35] [36] [37] [38]

02-23-2006/L10, Fermi-Dirac Distribution, Bose Einstein Distribution

[39] [40] [41]

03-07-2006/L15, Classical Limit, Ideal Gas

[42] [43] [44] [45]

03-09-2006/L16, Expansion of an Ideal Gas, Fermi Gas, Density of States

[46a] [46b] [46] [47] [48] [49]

03-14-2006/L17, Specific Heat of Cold Fermi Gas

[50] [51] [52] [53]

03-16-2006/L16, Metals, White Dwarfs, Nuclear Matter, Bose-Einstein Condensation

[54] [55] [56]

03-21-2006/L17, Midterm

[Midterm Exam]

03-23-2006/L18, Discussions of Midterm Exam

[Solutions of problems 1 and 2 of Midterm] [Solution of problem 3 of Midterm]

03-28-2006/L19, No Lecture. Instead of this lecture there will be a lecture on May 8th or May 9th and a review lecture the day before the final exam.

03-30-2006/L20, Bose-Einstein Condensation. This lecture will be given by Prof. Korepin.

[57] [58] [59] [60] [61]

04-04-2006/L21, Heat Engines, Carnot Efficiency, Refrigerators

[62a] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66]

04-06-2006/L22, Carnot Cycle, Irreversible Expansion

[67] [68] [69] [70]

04-18-2006/L23, Helmholtz Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy, Chemical Equilibrium

[71a] [71] [72] [73]

04-20-2006/L24, chemical Equilibrium, Clausius-Clapeyron Realtion, Latent Heat and Enthalpy

[74] [75] [76]

04-25-2006/L25, Latent Heat and Enthalpy, Van der Waals Equation of State, Coexistence

[77] [78] [79] [80] [81]

04-27-2006/L26, Midterm II: Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9 to the extent that they have been discussed in class or in the homework. Homework sets 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Midterm II

Solution of Problem 1

Solution of Problem 2

05-02-2006/L27, Gibbs Free Energy and Coexistence, Ferromagnetism

[82] [83] [84]

05-04-2006/L28, Curie Temperature, Sterling Engine, Landau Theory of Phase Transition, First and Second Order Phase Transitions

[85a] [85] [86] [87] [88]

05-08-2006/L29, Landau Theory of Phase Transition, First and Second Order Phase Transitions

[89a] [89] [90] [91] [92]

05-09-2006/L30, Review

[93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102]

05-16-2006, i.e. Tuesday Morning, Final Exam,

Material: Chapters 1-10 in so far as covered during the lecture and homework sets 1-9.