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Jan 15, 2025
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2021-2022 Hill Book (Class of 2025) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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PHY 321 - Statistical PhysicsThree Credits
Spring Semester
An introduction to the macroscopic view of thermodynamics: temperature, heat, work, entropy, equations of state, engines and refrigerators. Introduction to the microscopic or statistical view: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical distributions; quantum statistics of bosons and fermions; black body radiation; electronic and thermal properties of quantum liquids and solids.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): PHY 121 , PHY 122 , and PHY 221 . LC 235 is recommended.
General Education Attribute(s): Statistical Reasoning
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