# Statistical Mechanics

## PHYS-6590

Review of thermodynamics, probability, and statistics. Statistical basis of thermodynamics, various ensembles, quantum statistics. Ideal Fermi and Bose gases and applications to solids and the black-body radiation. Interacting systems, phase transitions, and critical phenomena. Phase transition in the Van der Waals gas and in the Ising ferromagnet. Mean-field approximation and Landau theory of continuous phase transitions. Random walk, diffusion, Brownian motion, and Langevin equation. Stochastic processes.

4 credits
Prereqs:
none

# Past Term Data
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| Spring | Summer | Fall
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| (Session 1) | (Session 2) |
2025 |  |  |
2024 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 16/35
2023 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 12/35
2022 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 10/35
2021 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 13/35
2020 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) John Schroeder Seats Taken: 8/35
2019 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) John Schroeder Seats Taken: 15/35
2018 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans John Schroeder Seats Taken: 14/35
2017 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans John Schroeder Seats Taken: 7/35
2016 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans John Schroeder Seats Taken: 15/35
2015 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans John Schroeder Seats Taken: 13/35
2014 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans John Schroeder Seats Taken: 21/35
2013 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans John Schroeder Seats Taken: 30/35
2012 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans John Schroeder Seats Taken: 11/25
2011 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans Angel Enrique Garcia Seats Taken: 20/25
2010 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans Angel Enrique Garcia Seats Taken: 22/25
2009 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans Angel Enrique Garcia Seats Taken: 15/25
2008 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Peter Persans Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 17/25
2007 |  |  | Statistical Mechanics (4c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 21/25
2006 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 19/40 |  |
2005 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 26/40 |  |
2004 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 15/30 |  |
2003 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 11/30 |  |
2002 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) Gyorgy Korniss Seats Taken: 11/30 |  |
2001 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) John Schroeder Seats Taken: 13/30 |  |
2000 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) John Schroeder Seats Taken: 7/30 |  |
1999 | Statistical Mechanics (3c) Joseph W Haus Jr Seats Taken: 12/30 |  |
1998 |  |  |