Subject Code
PHYS
Course Number
421
Course Title
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Course Description
Laws of thermodynamics, entropy, Carnot engine, thermodynamic potentials, Gibbs ensembles, classical and quantum statistics, photon gas, phonons, Debye theory, electron gas, Bose-Einstein condensation, chemical kinetics, phase transitions, and critical phenomena.
Grading Basis
OPT - Student Option
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No Special Consent Required
Units
3
Credit Hours Max
3
Repeatable
No
Course Typically Offered
FALLSPRING
Prerequisites
001952