PHYS 4409 [0.5 credit] Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
The three Laws of Thermodynamics, enthalpy, Helmholtz and Gibbs functions. Equilibrium statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.
Precludes additional credit for PHYS 3402 and PHYS 4407.
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3701 (may be taken concurrently), (MATH 2001 and MATH 2002) or MATH 2004, and MATH 3705, or permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3701 (may be taken concurrently), (MATH 2001 and MATH 2002) or MATH 2004, and MATH 3705, or permission of the Department.