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PHYS 427 - Thermal & Statistical Physics
Last offered Spring 2024
Official Description
Equilibrium thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory of gases. A unified treatment is used in that the principles of heat and thermodynamics are discussed along with statistical postulates and the microscopic approach of introductory quantum mechanics. Course Information: 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both PHYS 427 and any of ME 404, CHEM 444, MSE 500. Prerequisite: PHYS 213; PHYS 214; PHYS 435 or ECE 329.
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Texts
Thermal Physics. 1st ed. Addison Wesley
Thermal Physics. 2nd ed. W.H. Freeman (recommended)
| Title | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | A | 36679 | LEC | 4 | 1530 - 1650 | T R | 144 Loomis Laboratory | Patrick I Draper |
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | D0 | 61783 | DIS | 0 | 1700 - 1750 | T | 4036 Campus Instructional Facility | Nick Abboud |
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | D1 | 61784 | DIS | 0 | 1800 - 1850 | T | 4036 Campus Instructional Facility | Nick Abboud |
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | D2 | 61785 | DIS | 0 | 1900 - 1950 | T | 4036 Campus Instructional Facility | Nick Abboud |