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| Introduction; Thermodynamics I: Basic laws | B1 | ||
| Thermodynamics II: Thermodynamic potentials | B2, B3 | ||
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Thermodynamics III: Response functions | B4 | HW1 due |
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Thermodynamics IV: Important examples | 1.1-1.2 |
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| Microstates and macrostates | 1.3-1.4 | ||
| Liouville's theorem | Ch. 3 | HW2 due | |
| The microcanonical ensemble | Ch. 2 | ||
| The canonical ensemble I | 4.1-4.2 | HW3 due Friday | |
| The canonical ensemble II | 4.3, 4.7 | [ Test 1 Wed 2/19] | |
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The canonical ensemble III | 4.4, 4.5 | |
| The canonical ensemble V | 4.6 |
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| Kinetic theory I | 5.1-5.2 | ||
| Kinetic theory II | 5.3 | HW4 due | |
| Grand canonical ensemble | 6.1-6.3 | ||
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| Quantum statistical mechanics I: Mixed states | 7.1-7.2 | ||
| Quantum statistical mechanics II: Many quantum particles | 7.3 | HW5 due Friday | |
| Quantum statistical mechanics III: Density of states | 7.4 | ||
| Quantum monatomic ideal gas | L15 | [ Test 2 Wed 3/26 ] | |
| Quantum monatomic ideal gas | L15 | ||
| Fermions: T = 0, Fermi energy and temperature | |||
| Fermions: Finite-temperature thermodynamics | 8.1 | ||
| Bosons: The photon gas | 8.2 |
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| Bosons: Cold boson gases | 9.1 | ||
| Bosons: Phonons and magnons | 9.2-9.3 | ||
| Phase transitions: Mean-field ferromagnetism | 9.4 | ||
| Phase transitions: Ising model | 10.1-10.3 | [ Presentations ] | |
| 10.4-10.5 | |||
| Phase transitions: Landau theory | 10.6-10.7 | ||
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