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.
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)