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Sep 08, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PHYS 616 - Statistical Physics and ThermodynamicsCredit(s): 3 STATISTICAL PHYSCS AND THRMDYN Component: Lecture Thermodynamic laws and concepts; thermodynamic potentials, Legendre transformations, and Maxwell relations. Concepts of probability. Statistical mechanics concepts: microstates and macrostates; ensembles; partition functions; connections to thermodynamics. Many particle systems, equations of state, chemical potential, phase equilibria, phase transitions, Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics. Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with ELEG 616 . Course Typically Offered: Fall
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