PHYS 317 - Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
Instructor: Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, kvollmay@bucknell.edu, Olin 152, x7-3109Office Hours: MF 3-4, TR 10-11, and by appointment (my schedule)
Text: Daniel V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics , Schroeder's Physics Software
Course Information
In-Class Slides
Aug. 21, Aug. 23, Aug. 28, Aug. 30, Sep. 6, Sep. 15 (Summary, Formulae & Jeopardy for Exam 1), Fall 2016: Exam 1,Sep. 22, Sep. 25 (Paramagnet),
ΔH, ΔG, S Table
Oct.13, water phase diagram, J.M. H. (Anneke) Levelt Sengers, Images for Diblock Copolymer Phase Diagram, Nobel Prize in Physics 2016
Fall 2016: Exam 2 (without solution), (with solution), Oct.20 (summary & jeopardy),
Nov. 1 , Avila et al. 2016 and S. McMahon 2015 (Comp. Proj.) , Fiege et al., PRE 88, 022138 (2013) ,
Nov. 3 , Callen Sect. 16.1 , Summary of Callen Sect. 16.1 ,
Nov.13,
Formulae for Exam 3, Nov.17, Fall 2016: Exam 3 (without solution), (with solution),
Formulae for Final, Dec. 4 (Summary & Jeopardy), Fall 2016: Final (without solution), (with solution),
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(Journals for Reading Assignments)
Assignments
Due | Topic | Read | Homework | Sol. |
Aug. 23 | Ideal Gas & Equip. Thm | § 1.1-1.3 | 1.1, 1.11, 1.16 Hint: Air N2 | HW 1 |
Aug. 25 | Heat and Work | § 1.4-1.5 | 1.21, 1.23, 1.25 | HW 2 |
Aug. 28 | Heat Capacities | § 1.6 | 1.27, 1.34, 1.36 | HW 3 |
Aug. 30 | Rates | § 1.7 | 1.41, 1.49, 1.50 | HW 4 |
Sept. 1 | Multiplicity | § 2.1 & 2.2 | 1.60, 1.67, 1.70 | HW 5 |
Sept. 4 | Interacting Systems | § 2.3 | 2.3a-f, 2.4, 2.5b,c,f,g, 2.7 | HW 6 |
Sept. 6 | Large Systems I | § 2.4 | 2.10 & 2.11 | HW 7 |
Sept. 8 | Large Systems II | § 2.4 | 2.17, 2.18, 2.19 | HW 8 |
Sept. 11 | Ideal Gas | § 2.5 | 2.24 (10P) | HW 9 |
Sept. 13 | Entropy | § 2.6 | 2.26, 2.27 | HW 10 |
Sept. 15 | Review | review, no new reading | 2.31, 2.34, 2.37 | HW 11 |
Sept. 20 | Temperature | § 3.1 | none | Exam 1 |
Sept. 22 | Entropy & Heat | § 3.2 | 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 | HW 12 |
Sept. 25 | Paramagnet | § 3.3 | 3.8, 3.10, 3.14 | HW 13 |
Sept. 27 | Mech. Equilibrium | § 3.4 | 3.23, 3.25a-c, 3.25d,e | HW 14 |
Sept. 29 | Equilibrium & μ | § 3.5 & 3.6 | 3.31, 3.34a-d, 3.34 e-g (due Oct.2) | HW 15 |
Oct. 2 | Heat Engine and Refridgerator | § 4.1 & 4.2 | 3.35, 3.36 | HW 16 |
Oct. 4 | Free Energy | § 5.1 up to page 155 | 4.1, 4.5, 4.18 | HW 17 |
Oct. 6 | Thermodynamic Identities | finish § 5.1 | 5.5, 5.6 | HW 18 |
Oct. 11 | Equilibrium and G | § 5.2 | due 12th:5.12, 5.14a-c, 5.14d-g | HW 19 |
Oct. 13 | Phase Transitions | § 5.3 up to page 175 | 5.22, 5.23ab, 5.23cd | HW 20 |
Oct. 16 | van der Waals | finish § 5.3 | 5.31, 5.32ab, 5.47a | HW 21 |
Oct. 18 | Mixtures | § 5.4 up to page 195 | 5.48, 5.51, 5.52 | HW 22 |
Oct. 20 | Review | none | due 21: 5.60, 5.65 | HW 23 |
Oct. 25 | Boltzmann Factor | § 6.1 | none | Exam 2 |
Oct. 27 | Average Values | § 6.2 | 6.5 , 6.9a,b & 6.9c | HW 24 |
Oct. 30 | Equipartition Theorem | § 6.3 | 6.16, 6.17, problem A | HW 25 |
Nov. 1 | Maxwell Distribution | § 6.4 | Nov.1: 6.26, 6.31, Nov.3: 6.32a,b | HW 26 |
Nov. 3 | F and Composite Systems | § 6.5 & 6.6 | 6.32ab,6.35, 6.37, 6.41 | HW 27 |
Nov. 6 | Ideal Gas | § 6.7 | 6.42, 6.43, 6.44 | HW 28 |
Nov. 8 | Ising Model | § 8.2 up to page 345 | due Nov.10: 6.45, 6.50, 6.52 | HW 29 |
Nov. 10 | Gibbs Factor | § 7.1 | 8.18, 8.20, due Nov. 13: 8.22 | HW 30 |
Nov. 13 | Bosons & Fermions | § 7.2 | 8.22, due Nov. 15: 7.2, 7.6 | HW 31 |
Nov. 15 | Degenerate Fermi Gas | § 7.3 through page 278 | 7.2, 7.6, 7.8, due Nov.17: 7.18 | HW 32 |
Nov. 17 | Review | review, no new reading | 7.18, 7.20, due: Tue,Nov.29: 7.22 | HW 33 |
Nov. 29 | Black Body Radiat. I | § 7.4 through p. 296 | due 10pm: 7.22, 7.23b-d, 7.23e-g | Ex3 & HW 34 |
Dec. 1 | Bose-Einstein Condensation | Scan: § 7.4 Read: § 7.6 | 7.39, 7.44 | HW 35 |
Dec. 4 | Review | review material | 7.67, 7.72 | HW 36 & Final |
Syllabus
Dates | Topics | Reading |
Aug 21 - 30 | Intro & Energy | Ch 1 |
Sept 1 - 15 | Entropy | Ch 2 |
Mo, Sept 18 | Exam 1 | |
Sept 20 - 29 | Temperature/Interactions | Ch 3 |
Oct 2 | Engines & Refridgerator | § 4.1 & 4.2 |
Oct 4 - 11 | Free Energy | § 5.1, 5.2 |
Oct 13 - 20 | Phase Transitions | § 5.3 , 5.4 |
Mo, Oct 23 | Exam 2 | |
Oct 25 - Nov 6 | Boltzmann Statistics | Ch 6 |
Nov 8 | Ising Model | § 8.2 |
Nov 10 - 17 | Quantum Statistics: Bosons & Fermions | § 7.1 - 7.3 |
Mo, Nov 27 | Exam 3 | |
Nov 29 | Black Body Radiation | § 7.4 |
Dec 1 & 4 | BE Condens. | § 7.6 |
Dec 12,3:30-6:30pm | Final Exam |