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Statistical physics - 4PMNPST7

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 8.0
    • Projects 0
    • Tutorials 8.0
    • Internship 0
    • Laboratory works 0

    ECTS

    ECTS 1.0

Goal(s)

Statistical physics allows understanding a large number of problems. Some will be described as a way for illustrating this lecture.
To introduce Statistical physics both the concepts and the basic methods which are necessary to described systems containing a large number of particles.

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Content(s)

  • Introduction
  • Chapitre 1 : Micro et Macro-states
  • Chapitre 2 : Microcanonical ensemble
  • Chapitre 3 : Canonical ensemble
  • Chapitre 4 : Perfect Gas
  • Chapitre 5 : Grand canonical ensemble
  • Chapitre 6 : Quantum statistics


Prerequisites

Test

Written exam 2h



Devoir surveillé de 2h sans document (sessions 1 et 2)

Additional Information

Course list
Curriculum->Engineering degree->Semester 7

Bibliography

  • B. Diu, C. Guthmann, D. Lederer, B. Roulet, Eléments de Physique Statistique, Hermann (1989)
  • C. Ngô, H. Ngô, "Physique statistique, introduction", Masson (1995)