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Course Information

In this web page we provide the syllabus of the course Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, offered by the Department of Physics.

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Code Φ-405
Title Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Category A
ECTS 7
Hours 6
Level Undergraduate
Semester Winter
Teacher G. Siviloglou
Program

Monday, 09:00-11:00, Amphitheater ST
Wednesday, 09:00-11:00, Amphitheater ST
Friday, 09:00-11:00, Amphitheater ST

Course Webpage https://eclass.physics.uoc.gr/courses/PH405/
Goal of the Course

This course is aimed at 3rd year undergraduate students. It is an introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics. The two branches complement each other with goal the most natural introduction of the various notions.

Syllabus

Equation of state - 1st law - 2nd law of Thermodynamics – Carnot engines – thermodynamic potentials – Maxwell relations – canonical distribution – paramagnet – 2 level systems – harmonic oscillator – classical distribution – grand canonical ensemble – Fermi-Dirac statistics – Bose-Einstein statistics – fluctuation theory.

Bibliography

“Thermodynamics” - E. Fermi
“Statistical Physics” - Landau and Lifshitz 
“Statistical Machanics” - R. Kubo
“Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics” - F. Reif 
“Statistical Mechanics” - R.K. Pathria.