Fisica | STATISTICAL PHYSICS

cod. 0512600007

STATISTICAL PHYSICS

	0512600007
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"

	PHYSICS
	2015/2016

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
FIS/02	4	32	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
FIS/02	2	24	EXERCISES	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	TO UNDERSTAND THE MOST IMPORTANT PHYSICAL QUANTITIES THAT CHARACTERIZE THE BULK PROPERTIES OF (MACROSCOPIC) MATTER AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE QUANTITIES. •TO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS AND HOW THEY REGULATE MACROSCOPIC PHYSICAL PROCESSES, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ENERGY, VOLUME, AND PARTICLE EXCHANGE BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND TO TRANSFORMATIONS OF ENERGY. •TO DEVELOP TOOLS FOR CHARACTERIZING BULK MATTER AT THE MACROSCOPIC LEVEL. •TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MICROSCOPIC VIEW (STATISTICAL MECHANICS) AND THE MACROSCOPIC VIEW (THERMODYNAMICS) OF MATTER.

TO UNDERSTAND THE MOST IMPORTANT PHYSICAL QUANTITIES THAT CHARACTERIZE THE BULK PROPERTIES OF (MACROSCOPIC) MATTER AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE QUANTITIES.
•TO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS AND HOW THEY REGULATE MACROSCOPIC PHYSICAL PROCESSES, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ENERGY, VOLUME, AND PARTICLE EXCHANGE BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND TO TRANSFORMATIONS OF ENERGY.
•TO DEVELOP TOOLS FOR CHARACTERIZING BULK MATTER AT THE MACROSCOPIC LEVEL.
•TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MICROSCOPIC VIEW (STATISTICAL MECHANICS) AND THE MACROSCOPIC VIEW (THERMODYNAMICS) OF MATTER.

	Prerequisites
	MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS I, II- GENERAL PHYSICS I, II - CHEMISTRY - GEOMETRY

	Contents
	CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS: THE FIRST LAW - THE SECOND LAW - THERMODYNAMIC POTENTIALS AND MAXWELL'S RELATIONS - FREE ENERGY - LEGENDRE TRANSFORMATIONS - MAXWELL RELATIONS. CLASSICAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS : MICROSTATES AND MACROSTATES - PHASE SPACE AND LIOUVILLE THEOREM- THE DERIVATION OF THE BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION - STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES : MICROCANONICAL, CANONICAL AND GRAND-CANONICAL - THE PARTITION PARTITION AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THERMODYNAMICS. APPLICATIONS: THE IDEAL CLASSICAL GAS, THE SPIN-½ PARAMAGNET, THE EQUIPARTITION THEOREM ,BIATOMIC MOLECULE. INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS : DENSITY MATRIX AND ITS PROPERTIES – FERMI AND BOSE DISTRIBUTIONS – CLASSICAL LIMIT . APPLICATIONS: FERMI AND BOSE GAS, BIATOMIC MOLECULE.

Contents

CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS: THE FIRST LAW - THE SECOND LAW - THERMODYNAMIC POTENTIALS AND MAXWELL'S RELATIONS - FREE ENERGY - LEGENDRE TRANSFORMATIONS - MAXWELL RELATIONS.
CLASSICAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS : MICROSTATES AND MACROSTATES - PHASE SPACE AND LIOUVILLE THEOREM- THE DERIVATION OF THE BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION - STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES : MICROCANONICAL, CANONICAL AND GRAND-CANONICAL - THE PARTITION PARTITION AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THERMODYNAMICS.
APPLICATIONS: THE IDEAL CLASSICAL GAS, THE SPIN-½ PARAMAGNET, THE EQUIPARTITION THEOREM ,BIATOMIC MOLECULE.
INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS : DENSITY MATRIX AND ITS PROPERTIES – FERMI AND BOSE
DISTRIBUTIONS – CLASSICAL LIMIT .
APPLICATIONS: FERMI AND BOSE GAS, BIATOMIC MOLECULE.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES

	Verification of learning
	ORAL TEST

	Texts
	- K. HUANG, “MECCANICA STATISTICA” , ZANICHELLI, 1977 - L.D.LANDAU, E.M.LIFSITS, L.P.PITAEVSKIJ, “FISICA STATISTICA I “ ED. RIUNITI ,1986 - L.E.REICHL, “A MODERN COURSE IN STATISTICAL PHYSICS” EDWARD ARNOLD PUBLISHERS LTD, 1980 - LECTURE NOTES

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