Valid for: 2017/18
Decided by: PLED F/Pi
Date of Decision: 2017-04-06
Main field: Nanoscience.
Elective for: F4, F4-tf, Pi4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand
To give the foundations of statistical physics that is needed both in applications and for studies in theoretical physics.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
decide when a quantum mechanical analysis is nessecary
Basic principles of thermodynamics, the thermodynamic laws. Temperature and entropy. Work and heat. Differentials and differential relations. Statistical methods. Systems and ensembles. Partition functions and their properties. Phases and phase transitions. Quantum statistics for ideal gases. Fermi-Dirac statistics and properties of electron gases. Bose-Einstein statistics and Plancks law of radiation. Ising model
Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Written exam and written presentation of a project.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Required prior knowledge: Quantum mechanics corresponding to FAFF10 Atomic and Nuclear Physics with Applications.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: FFFN05, FMF150
Course coordinator: Jakob Bengtsson, jakob.bengtsson@matfys.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.matfys.lth.se/education/FMF150