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.