STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Unit I: Review of Thermodynamic Poten als and Ensembles

1. Review of Thermodynamic Poten als and Macrostate & Microstate
2. Concept of Distribu on Func on of Microcanonical Ensemble
3. Canonical Ensemble
4. Grand Canonical Ensemble
5. Phase Space
6. Dynamical Variable
7. Rela on of Par on Func on with Thermodynamic Func ons
8. Applica on of Par on Func on
9. Mo on of the Point in Phase Space (Liouville Equa on)
10. Fluctua ons of Energy in Canonical Ensemble and Number of Par cles in Grand Canonical Ensemble

Unit II: Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribu on Law and Quantum Sta s cs

1. Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribu on Law
2. Bose-Einstein Distribu on Law
3. Fermi-Dirac Distribu on Law
4. Deriva on of Ideal Quantum Gas Equa on
5. Adiaba c Quantum Gas Rela ons

Unit III: Applica ons of Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Sta s cs

Applica ons of Fermi-Dirac Sta s cs:
1. Thermodynamic Func ons of a Completely and Strongly Degenerate Fermi Gas
2. Fermi Energy
3. Fermi Sphere
4. Electron Gas in a Metal
5. Specific Heat of Metals
6. Rela vis c Fermi Gas
7. White Dwarf Stars
8. Chandrasekhar Mass Limit

Applica on of Bose-Einstein Sta s cs:

1. Bose-Einstein Condensa on
2. Proper es of Liquid Helium (Qualita ve Descrip on)
3. Blackbody Radia on
4. Heat Capacity
Unit IV: Phase Transi ons and Models
1. Phase Transi on
2. Phase Diagrams (P, T), (V, T), and (P, V)
3. Real Gas Equa on
4. Tie Line
5. Order Parameter
6. Landau Theory with Example
7. Ising Model