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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Physics
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr Shmuel Balberg
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesdays 10-11 (by appointment)
Teaching Staff:
Prof Maxim Khodas,
Mr. Simon Shahar
Course/Module description:
The course covers the braod field of statistical physics of systems under thermal equilibrium.
Course/Module aims:
The aim is to provide knowledge and insight and abilities in the theoretical methods.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The students will be able to implement the theoretical methods in calculating thermodynamic quantities and microscopic probability distributions of systems.
Attendance requirements(%):
none
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
The teaching methods include frontal lectures, recitation sections and homework sets.
Course/Module Content:
1) Introduction – the laws of thermodynamics, the main assumptions of statistical mechanics.
2) Micro canonical distribution, canonical distribution,
partition function and the implementation to thermodynamics.
3) Examples: two level systems, classical ideal gas, para magnetism, vibrations of atoms in a lattice.
4) Ising model – numerical project.
5) Classical ideal gas with internal degrees of freedom.
6) Grand canonical distribution.
7) Quantum partition function in the grand canonical distribution.
8) Ideal gas of fermions: non-relativistic, relativistic and the temperature dependence.
9) Ideal gas of bosons: black body, Bose Einstein condensation.
Required Reading:
The students are referred to reading material in the weekly homework sets.
Additional Reading Material:
Textbooks in English:
1) Schroeder, Thermal Physics
2) Kennett, Essential Statistical Physics
Grading Scheme :
Additional information:
Further details about the course format and grade policies will be determined according to teaching procedures during Covid restrictions.
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