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Day |
Topics
Subtopics
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Reading
Please read the material
before
class on the given day.
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1
M 4/01 |
Intro, strategy, hints
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Nothing yet
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2
W 4/04
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Entropy -- "memory refresher":
Entropy in macro ("classical") thermodynamics
Temperature defined in terms of entropy
Statistical mechanics: Boltzmann's definition
Simple applications: "Microcanonical" formalism
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Jansen, Stat. Mech. text 1.1-1.6
Schroeder, Ch. 6, p. 230
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3
F 4/06
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Microcanonical ensemble
of statistical mechanics
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Schroeder, Ch. 6, 220-230
Jansen St.Mech. Ch. 2.1
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4
M 4/09
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Microcanonical ensemble, cont.
of statistical mechanics
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Schroeder, Ch. 6, 220-230
Jansen St.Mech. Ch. 2.1
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5
04/11
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Canonical ensemble -- the "workhorse"
of statistical mechanics
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Schroeder, Ch. 6, 220-230
Jansen St.Mech. Ch. 2.1
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6
F 04/13/13
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Canonical ensemble -- continued
Helmholtz Free Energy and its
relation to the partition function.
A more gerneral expression for entropy
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Schroeder, Ch. 6.5
Posted Notes and copies. 2.1
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WEEK 3
MWF 4/16-20
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Canonical ensemble, examples
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TBA
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