| Jan |
13 |
M |
2 |
Temperature and Pressure |
| |
15 |
W |
2 |
Pressure Equation of State/Ideal Gas |
|
17 |
F |
2 |
No class - Watch OnlineVideos |
|
|
20 |
M |
|
Holiday |
| |
22 |
W |
2 |
Work/Thermal Processes |
| |
24 |
F |
2 |
First Law/Internal Energy/Equation of State |
| |
27 |
M |
2 |
Heat Capacities/Adiabatic Processes |
| |
29 |
W |
|
Class cancelled due to snow/ice |
| |
31 |
F |
|
Class cancelled due to snow/ice |
| Feb |
3 |
M |
2 |
Second Law/Thermodynamic Temperature |
| |
5 |
W |
2 |
Heat Engines/Carnot Cycle |
| |
7 |
F |
2 |
Entropy Changes |
| |
10 |
M |
2 |
Thermodynamic Relations, Pressure, etc |
|
12 |
W |
2 |
Free Energy/Thermodynamic Potentials |
| |
14 |
F |
2 |
Thermodynamic Derivatives |
|
|
17 |
M |
|
Exam I |
| |
19 |
W |
3 |
Introduction to Probability |
| |
21 |
F |
3 |
Meaning of Probability/Uncertainty |
| |
24 |
M |
3 |
Functional Form/Maximum Uncertainty |
| |
26 |
W |
3 |
Bayes' Thm/Magnetic Moments |
|
|
28 |
F |
3 |
Binomial Distribution |
| |
|
|
|
Break
Mar 1-9 |
| Mar |
10 |
M |
3/4 |
Statistical Mechanics/Einstein
Solids |
| |
12 |
W |
4 |
Counting Microstates |
| |
14 |
F |
4 |
No Class |
| |
17 |
M |
4 |
Noninteracting Particles |
| |
19 |
W |
4 |
Microcanonical Ensemble |
|
21 |
F |
4 |
Canonical Ensemble |
|
|
22 |
S |
4 |
Canonical Ensemble Applications |
|
|
24 |
M |
|
Exam II |
| |
26 |
W |
4 |
Grand Canonical Ensemble |
|
28 |
F |
5 |
Magnetic Systems |
|
|
3:00 |
PM |
Thermodynamics of Magnetic Systems |
| |
31 |
M |
5 |
Ising Model I |
| Apr |
2 |
W |
5 |
Ising Model II |
| |
4 |
F |
6 |
Classical Statistical
Mechanics |
| |
7 |
M |
6 |
Entropy for Many
Particle Systems |
|
9 |
W |
6 |
Equipartition Theorem |
|
11 |
F |
6 |
Maxwell Distribution/Occupation
Numbers |
|
14 |
M |
6 |
Bose and Fermi
Statistics |
| |
16 |
W |
6 |
Density of
States/Photons/Particles |
| |
17 |
R |
|
Break |
| |
18 |
F |
|
Break |
|
21 |
M |
6 |
Blackbody Radiation |
|
23 |
W |
6 |
Heat Capacity |
|
25 |
F |
|
Exam III |
|
28 |
M |
7 |
Chemical Potential |
|
30 |
W |
7 |
Phase Equilibria |
|
May |
1 |
R |
|
Epilogue |
|
May |
7 |
W |
|
Final Exam, 8:00 |