FYSA2042 Statistical Physics, part B (4 cr)

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Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Physics
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Description

  • The grand canonical ensemble

  • Quantum statitics, identical particles

  • Bose-Einstein condensation

  • Black body radiation

  • Thermodynamics of photon gas

  • Lattice vibrations

  • Ideal Fermi gas, relativistic gas

  • Transport theory

  • Boltzmann equation and H-theorem

  • Relaxation time approximation

  • Principles of diffusion, heat and electric conductivity

  • Onsager’s reciprocity relations  

Learning outcomes

After finishing the course the student knows

  • The principles of Einstein and Debye theories of heat capacities of solids

  • How to calculate averages using the grand canonical partition function

  • The canonical and grand canonical ensembles

  • How to ue chemical potential and it’s significance

  • The properties of classical and quantum ideal gases

  • Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics and their differences

  • Basic formulas of black body radiation

  • The physics of Bose-Einstein condensation

  • Principles of transport theory (as examples, Brownian motion, diffusion, and the Boltzmann equation in relaxation time approximation). 

Description of prerequisites

  • FYSA2041 Statistical Physics, part A

  • FYSA2031 Quantum Mechanics, part A

Study materials

Luentomoniste

Literature

  • Jouko Arponen ja Juha Honkonen, Statistinen Fysiikka, ISBN-13: 9789517451895, ISBN-10: 951745189X.
  • Franz Mandl, Statistical Physics, ISBN-13: 978-0471915331, ISBN-10: 0471915335.
  • Roger Bowley and Mariana Sanchez, Introductory Statistical Mechanics, ISBN-13: 978-0198505761 ISBN-10: 0198505760.
  • Linda Reichl , A Modern Course in Statical Physics, ISBN-13: 978-3527413492 ISBN-10: 3527413499.
  • R. K. Pathria ja P. D. Beale, Statistical Mechanics, ISBN: 9780123821898

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
Exercises and exam. Exam max. 48 points, exercises max. 16 points.
Time of teaching:
Period 4
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Method 2

Description:
This completion method is intended for students for whom method 1 is not possible for specific reasons (e.g. language, living elsewhere). The course lecturer must be contacted before enrolling on the course.
Evaluation criteria:
Exam or home exam.
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Teaching (4 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Exercises and exam. Exam max. 48 points, exercises max. 16 points.
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:

Exercises, exam. 

Teaching

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Independent study (4 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Exam or home exam.
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:

Self-study and exam. 

Teaching