Statistical Thermodynamics
Course code
MLT1861
old course code
MLT1861
Course title in Estonian
Statistiline termodünaamika
Course title in English
Statistical Thermodynamics
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Major. Survey of the basic statistics of classical thermodynamics.
Brief description of the course
The second law of thermodynamics. Statistical sum and fluctuations. Fermi Dirac statistics. Bose Einstein distribution law. Classical statistics. Classical perfect gas. State equation. Heat capacities. Paramagnetism and ferromagnetism. Maxwell Boltzmann statistics. Chemical potential. Plancks radiation law. Debye theory. Bose Einstein condensate. Perfect Fermi Dirac gas at low temperatures. Superconductivity and superfluidity.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Lectures. Joint solving of problems.
Lectures. Joint solving of problems.
Teacher
prof Romi Mankin, magistrant Erkki Soika
Prerequisite course 1