PHYS 427 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1

Mon. 1/16

Martin Luther King Day

Wed. 1/18

PS #1

due 1/26

Solution

1. Probability & multiplicity

Ch. 1

2

Mon. 1/23

2. Multiplicity of physical systems

Ch. 1 (p. 10-25)

Discussion 1

Solutions 1

Wed. 1/25

PS #2

due 2/2

Solution

3. Thermal equilibrium & temperature

Ch. 2 (p. 33-48)

Appendix E

3

Mon. 1/30

4. Ideal gas

Ch. 2 (p. 50)

Discussion 2

Solutions 2

Wed. 2/1

PS #3

due 2/9

Solution

5. Canonical ensemble

Ch. 3 (p. 58-62, 72-76)

4

Mon. 2/6

6. Equipartition theorem

Ch. 3 (p. 77-78)

Discussion 3

Solutions 3

Wed. 2/8

PS #4

due 2/16

Solution

7. Free energy

Ch. 3 (p. 68-72, 76-77)

5

Mon. 2/13

8. Heat & work

Ch. 8 (p. 227-244)

Discussion 4

Solutions 4

Wed. 2/15

9. Thermodynamic potentials

Ch. 8 (p. 245-246)

6

Mon. 2/20

10. Chemical potential

Ch. 5 (p. 118-134)

Wed. 2/22

PS #5

due 3/2 

Solution

Midterm exam 1

7

Mon. 2/27

11. Gibbs free energy

Ch. 9 (p. 261-270)

Discussion 6

Solutions 6

Wed. 3/1

PS #6

due 3/9

Solution

12. Grand canonical ensemble

Ch. 5 (p. 134-144)

8

Mon. 3/6

13. Planck distribution

Ch. 4 (p. 87-95)

Review Lect. 4 notes

Discussion 7

Solutions 7

Wed. 3/8

PS #7

due 3/16

Solution

14. Debye theory of solids

Ch. 4 (p. 102-109)

9

Mon. 3/13

15. Quantum statistics

Ch. 6 (p. 151-161)

Discussion 8

Solutions 8

Wed. 3/15

PS #8

due 3/30

Solution

16. Fermi gas

Ch. 7 (p. 181-188)

10

Mon. 3/20

Spring break

Wed. 3/22

11

Mon. 3/27

17. Fermi gas II

Ch. 7 (p. 189-195)

Discussion 9

Solutions 9

Wed. 3/29

18. Bose-Einstein condensation

Ch. 7 (p. 199-217)

12

Mon. 4/3

19. Phase transformations

Ch. 10 (p. 275-284)

Wed. 4/5

PS #9

due 4/13

Solution

Midterm exam 2

13

Mon. 4/10

20. Van der Waals model

Ch. 10 (p. 287-294)

Discussion 11

Solutions 11

Wed. 4/12

PS #10

due 4/20

Solution

21. Weiss model of ferromagnetism

Ch. 10 (p. 295-298)

14

Mon. 4/17

22. Landau theory

Ch. 10 (p. 298-304)

Discussion 12

Solutions 12

Wed. 4/19

PS #11

due 4/27

Solution

23. Kinetic theory

Ch. 14 (p. 407-408)

Ch. 9 (p. 270-271)

15

Mon. 4/24

24. Radiation

Ch. 4 (p. 96-97)

Greenhouse supplement

(p, 115-116)

Wed. 4/26

PS #12

due 5/4

Solution

25. Thermal conduction

Ch. 14 (p. 395-402, 408-413)

16

Mon. 5/1

26. Propagation

Ch. 15 (p. 423-430)

Discussion 14

Solutions 14

Wed. 5/3

Review

17

Mon. 5/8

Final exam 7-10pm