Physics (PHYS)
Department of Physics
Faculty of Science
PHYS 4407 [0.5 credit]
Statistical Physics
Equilibrium statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics are derived, and applied in appropriate physical situations. Fluctuations. Kinetics and transport processes, including the Boltzmann transport equation and some of its applications.
Prerequisite:
PHYS 3402,
PHYS 2602 or
PHYS 3601,
PHYS 3701 or
PHYS 3602,
PHYS 4707 (may be taken concurrently); or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week.