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Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Course code

MLF6106.LT

old course code

MLF6106

Course title in Estonian

Termodünaamika ja statistiline füüsika

Course title in English

Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

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lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

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Course aims

To provide a survey of the basic statistics of classical thermodynamics.
Allow the understanding of the development of classical thermodynamics microscopic level;
Thermodynamics II knowledge to enable the progression of the principle as a universal law of nature;
Support the acquisition of basic knowledge of statistical physics, and their implementation at the micro level.

Brief description of the course

A survey of the probability theory. Basics of quantum mechanics. The second law of thermodynamics. Micro-canonical distribution, canonical distribution, and grand-canonical distribution. Statistical sum and fluctuations. Temperature and pressure as statistical quantities. Internal energy. The first law of thermodynamics. Chemical potential. Efficiency coefficient. Clausius inequality and the Fermi Dirac statistics. Bose Einstein distribution law. Classical statistics. Classical perfect gas. Sttate equation, heat capacities. Maxwell Boltzmann statistics. Planck radiation law.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has skill and ability to use knowledge of statistical to analyse the problems related to thermodynamics;
- can describe thermodynamic systems microscopic level using statistical physics methods;
- understands the laws of thermodynamics and their statistical interpretation.

Teacher

PhD Astrid Rekker

Prerequisite course 1

Mathematical Methods in the Natural Sciences (MLF6901.LT)

Prerequisite course 2

Basic Mathematics for Science (MLM6060.DT)

The course is a prerequisite

Statistical Thermodynamics (MLF6107.LT)
Statistical Thermodynamics (MLF7114.LT)
Stochastic Processes (MLF7125.LT)
Stochastic Processes (MLF7105.LT)

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