PHYSICS UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
PHY462 Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics
- 3hrs
An introduction to the kinetic theory of gases
and statistical mechanics. For students concentrating
in physics and those contemplating
advanced study in related fields of science
and engineering. Maxwell-Boltzman distribution
law, entropy and probability, transport
phenomena, quantum statistics, Bose-Einstein
and Fermi-Dirac statistics, the connection
between statistical mechanics and thermodynamics,
the equation of state, the elementary
electron theory of metals, and statistical methods
in nuclear physics.
